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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

63.0. "Heads to roll over DECville?" by HUMAN::CONKLIN () Sun Nov 24 1985 21:03

"GENEVA-- Look for heads to roll at Digital Equipment's European headquar-
ters in Switzerland. The Swiss outpost is full of rumblings about the
grumblings of DEC execs miffed over the extravagent expenses piled up at
the company's recent DECville exhibit held in trendy Cannes on the south
coast of France. The DEC bolwout busted the budget, costing the company
a cool $2.5 million. Rumors have it that it may also cost the jobs of
those responsible for the big bash."

				-- Datamation, Nov 15, 1985
					p88, first item in "World Watch"

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
63.1		HUMAN::CONKLIN	`Sun Nov 24 1985 21:06`	7
	Now I wonder-- 1. How much did DECville actually cost? 2. Are the actual rumbling positive or negative? 3. Has anyone tallied the benefits (immediate sales) ?
63.2		LATOUR::AMARTIN	`Mon Nov 25 1985 01:57`	3
	This topic has also opened up in note 534 in the Marketing notes file (HUMAN""::SYS$NOTES:MARKETING.NOT). /AHM
63.3		2CHARS::SZETO	`Wed Nov 27 1985 10:18`	41
	The following is also posted in MARKETING.NOT: From: PRSIS3::DTL "Didier Trarieux-Lumiere - 858/1822 27-Nov-1985 0218" Subject: Datamation article on DECville I have received many mail from all over the world about this article I include hereafter. What I can say, as far as I know, is that 1. We exposed 20 millions dollars of HW/SW/Comm stuff 2. The budget was 25 millions francs (~3 millions dollars) 3. It has been so successful that an option has been taken to go back to Cannes next year (square meters already nearly booked, hotel rooms as well, etc...) 4. There is NO RUMOUR AT ALL in France about any heads going to fall. (and it doesn't seem it will happen as the show and its consequences have for the moment only good, I will say wonderful, feed-back from customers, from DEC employees who made it, from top-level management, from Third Party people, etc.., even from the town of Cannes staff) Didier Trarieux-Lumiere Software Security mgr for DECville '85 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 88, Nov 15 of DATAMATION GENEVA - Look for heads to roll at Digital Equipment's European headquaters in Switzerland. The Swiss outpost is full of rumblings about the grumblings of DEC execs miffed over the extravagant expenses piled up at the company's recent DECville exhibit held in trendy Cannes on the south coast of France. The DEC blowout busted the budget, costing the company a cool $2.5 million. Rumors have it that it may also cost the jobs of those responsible for the big bash. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- One more word. To me, these Datamation people have been paied by 'someone' to decrease our success. This is really nasty of them.
63.4		WHOARU::WONG	`Wed May 07 1986 01:59`	6
	yeah....you guys (and gals, of course) check DECWorld '86 in Boston this year? THAT cost a bundle....had the same effect....customers were asking for products that we didn't even sell...generated alot of goodwill and customer enthusiasm. I think the stock price went up, too!!!!