All that remains of IBM Boca Raton, FL is the IBM Southeast Employee's
Federal Credit Union... a site that once housed 15,000 employees. All
that remains of IBM Endicott, NY (where I am now) is about 2,000
employees where once it was also 15,000. IBM, of course, has hardly
disappeared. In fact, after shrinking from 400,000 employes to 200,000
in the late 80s and early 90s it has grown back to 400,000+ employees
and much larger revenues. It re-invented itself after the early 90s but
the re-invention along with Moore's law has seen a dramatic reduction in
the amount of manufacturing space and manufacturing employees.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/4/2011 9:30 AM, WayneS wrote:
>>
>> The very nature of American business dysfunction. Same thing
>> happened to Motorola's semiconductor sector. They used to be THE
>> powerhouse for semiconductors, and then a few years ago I watched
>> at their original fabrication plant just two miles from me was
>> slowly demolished and carted away to scrap dealers. All that
>> remained was a saguaro cactus and s sign for the credit union. The
>> sign was stolen less than a year ago.
>>
>> Chris
>
> I watched Digital go down. Digital was competing with itself rather
> than the world.
>
> All that is left and thriving is the Digital Federal Credit Union.
>
> WayneS
>
>
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