Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, An Wang was an American citizen, so Wang Computers was an American company. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 2:54 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > Slobodan Dimitrov writes: > > > Of course it's an American company. (Cisco) > > That shouldn't come as no surprise. Some time ago, In Latin America, the > polling registration lists were used to stifle dissent. > > Those were put together using Wang computers. Oliver North was instrumental > in one such project. It's well documented. > > - - - - - > > But, of course, the founders of Wang Computers were both Chinese. > > Dr. An Wang and Dr. G. Y. Chu started the company in 1951. At its peak in > the 1980s, Wang Laboratories had annual revenues of $3 billion and employed > over 33,000 people. > > The company was always directed by Dr. Wang, who played a personal role in > setting business strategy and product strategy; he also took steps to > ensure > that the Wang family would retain control of the company even after going > public. He created a second class of stock, class B, with higher dividends, > but only one-tenth the voting power of class C. The public mostly bought > class B shares; the Wang family retained most of the class C shares. This > maneuver was not quite acceptable under NYSE's rules, and Wang was forced > to > delist with NYSE and relist on the more liberal American Stock Exchange. > Wang Laboratories filed for bankruptcy protection in August 1992. After > emerging from bankruptcy, the company eventually changed its name to *Wang > Global*. In 1999, Wang Global was acquired by Gentronics of The > Netherlands. > So the conspiracy, if any, was international. There is enough shame to be > shared by all. Interestingly the SS troopers who shot woman and children > during the Warsaw Ghetto uprisings documented their perfidious acts with > Leica cameras. One must take care to distinguish the instruments form the > men who use them. Cameras don't kill. People do. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >