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Re: Microsoft Buddy Nortel Going Bankrupt, Oracle Axes Many Employees

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____/ Rex Ballard on Thursday 15 January 2009 14:05 : \____

> 
> 
> On Jan 15, 4:15 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> >> Nortel Files for Bankruptcy, Victim of Falling Sales (Update5)
>>
>> >> ,----[ Quote ]
>> >> | Nortel Networks Corp., North America’s biggest maker of telephone
>> >> | equipment, filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S., a victim of the
>> >> | global credit crunch and declining sales.
>> >http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=a8E1VQ1yRq8k&refe...
> 
>> > I wouldn't call Nortel a "Microsoft Buddy".  Their switches and
>> > routers were powered by Linux.
> 
>> Yes, I know that, but recently they have been getting close to Microsoft --
>> the characteristic of dying companies.
> 
> Or possibly the "Kiss of Death" from Microsoft.  Nortel wouldn't be
> the first company to climb into bed with Microsoft expecting a big
> cash infusion, only to find themselves bleeding red ink on their way
> to bankruptcy.

Red ink or red "N"?

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