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hunter

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7. Burroughs, a part of it that died when it became UniSys.

Reply to kwassa (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:07 PM

Aug 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_Corporation

The place was already a ghost town when they hired me.

My boss's motto was "If I can't hear it, it ain't leaking."

He didn't hear much.

Nobody in the place gave a damn about anything anymore.

They were all looking for other jobs and waiting for their pink slips.

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Who here has worked for now-dead major computer companies? [View all] kwassa Aug 2012 OP

Wang 11 years. CurtEastPoint Aug 2012 #1

Maybe not a Major computer company Betsy Ross Aug 2012 #2

I was in the consumer software business for 28 years ThoughtCriminal Aug 2012 #3

I wonder how many companies have come and gone ... kwassa Aug 2012 #4

I worked at Systems Engineering Laboratories from mid-76 thru late 78. kcass1954 Aug 2012 #5

I'm not sure about "major", but all but two are dead now (and I'm not sure about one of them). HopeHoops Aug 2012 #6

Burroughs, a part of it that died when it became UniSys. hunter Aug 2012 #7

I used to work at Texas Instruments hobbit709 Aug 2012 #8

When I lived in Garland OriginalGeek Aug 2012 #9

Didn't work for them, but I used both DEC and Wang, and I have a question. Still Blue in PDX Aug 2012 #10

Not me, but I was briefly employed by a DotCom in 1999-2001 before they crashed. Bucky Aug 2012 #11

My father worked for Univac, deek Sep 2012 #12

My father worked for Burroughs, right out of college. kwassa Sep 2012 #13