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To: Ian@SI who wrote (113788)	4/1/1999 9:24:00 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Might Dell be the 3rd party manufacturer for IBM It makes sense to me, but sometimes internal politics plays a factor. Although the PC was started in Florida, the Austin plant jumped in to take a piece of the action, especially development (converting the workers who used to make a similar product, the Displaywriter word processor). By the mid 1980s Austin IBM was a most important place for PC development and spawned such spin offs as CompuAdd, Austin Computers, NT computers, and PCs unlimited. IBM employees were welcomed all over North Austin with discounts for lunch at restaurants as well as overall recognition and envy by the community. Eventually the Florida operation was closed to bring the rest of the PC workers to Austin. Bit by bit through the 1990s IBM was eclipsed by Dell. Dell became a larger overall employer. The free tea with your meal signs began asking for a Dell badge instead of an IBM one. There are a lot of people here from the Old days who resent the change, especially those from Fla. who feel they started the whole thing. The development offices of the two companies are less than a mile apart. TP