The rumour going around Dell is the actual loss was closer to £35M and 5
days production.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Raftery" <james-ilug at banba.ucd.ie>
To: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: 18 November 1999 15:40
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Dell on Slashdot
> On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 02:57:26PM +0000, John P. Looney wrote:
> > All those people out of work...
> [snip]
>> Marketing types often attach a value to "bad press", claiming
> image loss, lost potential business and that kind of thing.
>> james
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