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From: jbudet@oakhill.UUCP (jim budet)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: message <1634624868@decwrl.dec.com>
Message-ID: <1388@elmer.oakhill.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 88 03:34:06 GMT
References: <12057@decwrl.dec.com> <193300067@trsvax>
Reply-To: jbudet@elmer.UUCP (jim budet)
Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin Tx.
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I remember reading in PC Week that Tandy acquired Grid for their
sales force.  Tandy hopes to use Grids experienced sales force to
help them acquire a better image to the business world and thus
gain a greater customer base.  It's hard to imagine a typical
Tandy saleman (bozo) trying to convince a large corporation that
their computers are a better solution than IBM's or AT&T's etc.
The articles further state that Tandy has no plans to market
Grid computers in Tandy stores or vice versa.

Grids major customer base is the government market.  Because of
their metal enclosures, Grid has the only TEMPEST rated portable
MS-DOS computer that I know of.  Maybe Tandy would like to get
into the government/DOD market as well.

                               Jim Budet
                               Motorola Inc.
                               Austin, TX