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To: SC who wrote (19221)7/15/1998 5:12:00 PM
From: blankmind  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 45548
 
very nice to see Bruce Claflin join coms, not just the experience but the fact he started at digital not long to dec/cpq merger.

asia-pacific.digital.com
CORP/96/104 Bruce Claflin to Join Digital Equipment Corporation as Head of Personal Computer Business Unit MAYNARD, Mass., October 27, 1995 -- Digital Equipment Corporation today announced that Bruce Claflin will join the company as Vice President..
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To: SC who wrote (19221)7/15/1998 6:16:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng  Respond to of 45548
 
Shawn, thanks for the news. This is a very well thought out new leadership structure that I - as a shareholder - am totally comfortable with. A guy with such world-wide experience is something coms really need.

Mang



To: SC who wrote (19221)7/16/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: SC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 45548
 
The reason from Claflin of his leaving Digital after its merger with Compaq

Claflin to leave Digital after merger
zdnet.com

and from this link:
3Com taps Digital veteran Claflin as president, COO
zdnet.com
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Claflin's departure from Digital was surprising since he had been considered a front-runner to take over stewardship of the Digital business under Compaq

Claflin, Digital's senior vice president and group executive for worldwide sales and marketing, said in an interview with PC Week Online in April that he did not want to uproot his family from Boston to Houston, a move that would have been required had he stayed on at a senior level at Compaq.
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