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To: Windsock who wrote (157661)2/3/2002 4:37:31 PM
From: Dan3  Respond to of 186894
 
Re: Ruiz showed his abilities at Motorola. He guided the once thriving Motorola semiconductor business from

That business was in bad shape when Ruiz arrived. It improved a great deal while he was there.

After he left, it declined again.

Much of the problem may be that many of the commodity parts that Motorola has been fabbing just aren't profitable right now, especially with North American labor costs and environmental compliance costs.