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From: paigen@tfs.com (David Paigen)
Subject: Re: AT&T&T&T throws in the Towel
Message-ID: <1992Aug10.215319.4866@tfs.com>
Organization: TRW Financial Systems
References: <1992Jul24.185653.3196@kithrup.COM> <1992Jul27.164228.28312@gateway.novell.com> <1992Jul27.193757.3628@kithrup.COM> <1992Jul27.213657.29545@gateway.novell.com> <1992Jul28.213156.15525@flatlin.ka.sub.org> <1992Jul31.142716.10238@tpki.toppoint.d <BsF532.5p9 <1992Aug10.024219.17143@Warren.MENTORG.COM>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:53:19 GMT
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tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli) writes:
>In <greg.713235702@coombs> greg@coombs.anu.edu.au (Greg Price) writes:
>>"We have just implemented a new recruiting policy. From now we will no longer
>>discriminate against employing people with disabilties such as being able to
>>hear to man our long distance complaints line. Until now this has been an
>> [...]
>Say what you want about AT&T and/or USL's intellectual property
>escapades, but do not make light of their hiring policies. They happen
>to have a non-discrimination policy that should be the model for all
>other Fortune-500 companies, if not ALL companies.
Also, let's not forget that AT&T, until about 1982, was very forward
looking in its company policy and planned for the long term.
Remember all of the interesting and useful ideas, inventions, and
advances that came from Bell Labs (3K, DSS, UNIX, etc.)
They may not have been good at any business other than telephones, but
they sure knew how to run a research lab ("here is some money, come
back when you have done something interesting with it.")
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