"Herding Cats" was a phrase long before that commercial, but that is a great one.
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I wouldn't know- I was in boot camp during that time, and while my Division Commanders all went on and on about what a great game it was, they didn't feel like we needed to watch it. Unlike other, lesser divisions in our ship who were behind us in training.
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#4227756 - 02/11/1603:51 AMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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"...late afternoon the Air Tasking Order came in [and] we found the A-10 part and we said, "We are going where!? We are doing what!?"
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#4227821 - 02/11/1612:00 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
By the way, EDS, a company founded by H. Ross Perot in 1962, has since become part of Hewlett Packard.
And now it barely even exists under HP. I worked for EDS from 1998-2002.
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#4227836 - 02/11/1612:30 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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By the way, EDS, a company founded by H. Ross Perot in 1962, has since become part of Hewlett Packard.
In 1984, the company was acquired by General Motors for $2.5 billion, with EDS becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of GM.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4227837 - 02/11/1612:33 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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Originally Posted By: KraziKanuK
In 1984, the company was acquired by General Motors for $2.5 billion, with EDS becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of GM.
If I recall correctly that only lasted until about 1998. I remember hearing about the recent split from GM from several employees when I first joined EDS. It also explains why EDS employees got discounts on GM vehicles. I never took advantage of that offer though.
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#4227838 - 02/11/1612:38 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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I sometimes wonder what will happen to that massive corporate park/campus in Plano, TX that used to be the headquarters of EDS? EDS is tiny compared to what it used to be before the buyout and even HP itself is downsizing.
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#4227841 - 02/11/1612:44 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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I didn't know GM bought them out and then closed them which led to HP taking over.
#4227844 - 02/11/1612:52 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
I didn't know GM bought them out and then closed them which led to HP taking over.
No. EDS was spun off from GM around 1998 and EDS then became its own entirely separate company until the HP buyout which I think was around 2006? EDS was never "closed" by GM and the spin-off had nothing to do with the HP buyout years later.
edit: Ok, so the buyout was in 2008. Thanks Krazikanuk.
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#4227845 - 02/11/1612:53 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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In 1984, the company was acquired by General Motors for $2.5 billion, with EDS becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of GM.
If I recall correctly that only lasted until about 1998. I remember hearing about the recent split from GM from several employees when I first joined EDS. It also explains why EDS employees got discounts on GM vehicles. I never took advantage of that offer though.
On May 13, 2008, Hewlett-Packard Co. confirmed that it had reached a deal with EDS to acquire the company for $13.9 billion.
There was only 16 squadrons of RAF fighters that used 100 octane during the BoB. The Fw190A could not fly with the outer cannon removed. There was no Fw190A-8s flying with the JGs in 1945.
#4228197 - 02/12/1603:17 AMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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EDS employed a lot of people here in the Detroit area at one time. My former boss worked for them for over 25 years, and then was laid off.
#4228327 - 02/12/1612:00 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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Originally Posted By: LB4LB
My former boss worked for them for over 25 years, and then was laid off.
Yup. Right when I started with EDS in 1998 a lot of the old-timer managers who had been with EDS for over 20 years were being offered buy-outs. No doubt it was the result of GM spinning off EDS.
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#4228390 - 02/12/1602:32 PMRe: Wow! Remember this? Can't believe this was in 2000!
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