This would mean that both EDS and Perot would cease to exist as stand-along companies. So much for Ross Perot I guess.
I wonder if this has any connection to the recent Dept. of Education migration that Perot did. I was there at the beginning of it, and everyone I talked to said there was no way Perot Systems could make any profit, that in fact they were likely going to lose money on the project because of the tight budget they had to work with. So now HP has EDS, which Ross helped create, and Dell will have Perot. Ol’ Ross isn’t going to have much to do with both of his (former) companies in others’ hands.
Oh, and as an aside, the Plano campus of Perot, which is a horribly drab former Arco property, is currently livened only by being a virtual museum of things Ross has collected (it’s quite interesting actually, if anyone ever has the chance to walk through the place; they also have a neat computer equipment museum that has 4 of the surviving Univac cabinets, which quietly run through some sort of demo calculation about every 10 minutes or so. The click-click-click of the relays and registers is kind of soothing). If they belong to Dell now, I have to wonder if he’ll have to remove all his stuff.
Say what you want about Ol Ross Perot. He was right about that great sucking sound of jobs leaving the USA.The old man is a genious and a patriot and not too many can boast about achievments as great as he has had.
Well Ole Ross got rich by writing out his own Invoice to the Government.
My son worked for EDS pre-GM, the original Co.
They treated him right. Even flying him and sick grandson from Fla. to Cleveland on a private jet.
I’ve had nothing but respect as to how Ross treated his employees.
Hated to see him sell EDS.
Dell is betting $3.9B that Obama will get “ObamaCare” pushed thru...as it requires electronic medical records and Perot Systems is the odds on favorite to get a majority of the hospital/doctor/government contracts for electronic record systems. I am rooting against Dell on this one!
This gives the little guy enough money to run for President....again....