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What happened to ROLM?

By mdovell   Follow   Sat, 9 Jun 2012, 8:52am   628 views   2 comments
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROLM
So they looked like a great place to work back in the day. Silicon Valley and yet this is what it looks like today.

http://tinyurl.com/7otacuu

Yes it was bought out by IBM in the mid 80's...but why let it all fall apart like this? Sold again to Siemens ok..but again why buy something to shut it down?
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/12/business/ibm-enfolds-much-of-rolm.html

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1. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

   1   12:24am Mon 11 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   ROLM ? One very huge name among several hundred others... Funny how all these names vanish and are forgotten. This place (sv) used to be freaking big, back in the day.

2. thomas.wong1986 Follow Befriend 16 threads 4,426 comments

   2   12:44am Mon 11 Jun 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Better place to work was Tandem... even better than Apple! Jimmy, CEO and proud Texan.. like to drink beer with the mfg folks. &feature=relmfu &feature=relmfu &feature=relmfu