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From: davew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.followup
Subject: Re: Maybe you can be one of us!!!
Message-ID: <1346@shark.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Apr-85 11:56:56 EST
Article-I.D.: shark.1346
Posted: Mon Apr 22 11:56:56 1985
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References: <80@tekadg.UUCP> <575@ptsfa.UUCP>
Reply-To: davew@shark.UUCP (Dave Williams)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Engineering Computing Systems
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Summary: 

> (to paraphase) I'm beginning to equate Tektronix with
  irresponsible behavior.

Tektronix is an international company with about 22,000 employees.
It is the largest private employer in the state of Oregon.
We are probably second only to AT&T to the number of machines
we have on the net. We probably have more individual posters to
the net than anyone else, save AT&T. To think two individuals
represent the corporate thinking of this company is a little
naive. As with most companies in this business we are made up
of a lot of highly motivated, highly individual and sometimes
highly vocal employees. We cover the political, religious and social
spectrum. Just because several individuals are abrasive and seem
to have inordinately high testosterone levels that they have 
difficulty dealing with, is no reason to impinge the entire
organization. A statistical sample of two is not a very good 
indicator as to the conduct of the other 21,998. There are
several other highly abrasive individuals on the net working
for much smaller companies. Perhaps they are more representative
of their organizations attitudes than are Dave and Frank of Teks.
-- 


                                    Dave Williams
                                    Tektronix, Inc.
                                    Engineering Computing Systems

    "The 6000 Family"
"The workstations that made
Wilsonville famous."