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To: elmatador who wrote (69202)	5/9/2008 5:49:32 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

ElM, decades ago I provided lubrication for such factories. That is such a nineteenth century industrial revolution sketch! I caught the tail end of the industrial revolution before the cyberspace revolution arrived and General Motors and industry became pale shadows of their former glory. General Motors can now be bought by Qualcomm with ready cash. Ford would require a small amount of debt. Qualcomm could buy both of them easily. Microsoft, Google, Nokia, Qualcomm, Vodafone, Cisco and a few such companies could buy up a very large chunk of the old economy companies. Perhaps your sketch is how Brazil will look in the 21st century. That's 100 years behind the advanced countries. Mqurice