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From: droms@purdue.UUCP (Ralph E. Droms)
Newsgroups: net.rumor,net.misc
Subject: Re: Lincoln's coffin (really Burroughs buys Sperry)
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Date: Tue, 6-May-86 10:21:21 EDT
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Summary: Burroughs buys Sperry

In article <467@ncr-sd.UUCP>, geoff@ncr-sd.UUCP (Geoff Walton ) writes:
> 
> SERIOUS RUMOUR:
> (to appease bandy@ll-crg)
> I DID hear, a few weeks back, that NCR was going to
> buy-out/merge-with Sperry.  Since someone there has
> heard similar rumours, is this STILL a rumour?  Can
> anyone confirm this rumourous confirmation?
> 

They way I heard it, Burroughs would like to buy Sperry for $4.5 billion.

BTW, can I get flamed by bandy by metioning PSU?  Jim Lewis - who's the
diminutive PITA you referred to?  Where is Bobgian these days?

Is this *really* a rumor?

					- Ralph

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