On 9/1/23 10:42, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
But then we also have Ball Brothers, they of the
canning (Mason) jars,
going into aerospace and making OEM "kit" monitors...
At one point in the late 1970's, some division of Ball ended up buying
the firm that did contract maintenance on our Novas and 16 bit
Eclipses. After the purchase the quality of the work took a nosedive,
which led to one of my coworkers observing "Well, it kinda makes sense
when you consider that they also make the garbage cans in the parking lot".
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