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To: RightGeek
My condolences to the family of Mr Lowe, but the article is mistaken. Philip Don Estridge is the "Father of the IBM PC" and he passed away in a plane crash in 1985.

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Total change of topic, and technically I suppose are right, but to me "passing away" in a "plane crash" don't seem to belong in the same sentence.

No biggie, just sayin'

20 posted on 10/29/2013 11:07:16 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: freedomlover; RightGeek

That would be DAL flt 191 which crashed in Dallas on August 2,1985 ... That flight had DOZENS of IBM’s finest from the PC development group on board ... returning from a company paid vacation in Hawaii ... that one crash could have ended IBM if a few other key players were on board .. IBM changed their internal rules regarding air travel afterwards.

http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-dl191.shtml

This crash is one that every private pilot studies.


40 posted on 10/29/2013 4:10:36 PM PDT by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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