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And for what it's worth today's Broadcom is actually Avago - which got its start as HP's semiconductor division - after having acquired Broadcom and adopting it
by tesseract 3y ago
And for what it's worth today's Broadcom is actually Avago - which got its start as HP's semiconductor division - after having acquired Broadcom and adopting its name.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoIt's like how Boeing is actually Mcdonnell-Douglas.
- meepmorp 3y agoAll the worst parts of MD, specifically the management.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoIt has been 25+ years since the merge, surely there is no distinction anymore given people retire in that timeframe.
- antonjs 3y agoYet culture persists.
- CamperBob2 3y agoIt's tempting to say that the only people with longer memories and deeper resentment than the descendants of Eastern European blood feuds are the OG Hewlett-Packard employees who were there when Fiorina took over. But the truth is, Boeing employees who predate the McDonnell-Douglas merger make them both look like gracious exemplars of forgiveness. Those folks are sore. Their lines will carry the grudge against McDonnell's management for a thousand years.
- reaperducer 3y agoIt's like how Boeing is actually Mcdonnell-Douglas. And how AT&T is actually Southwestern Bell.
- alberth 3y agoOr how … Bank of America is actually NationsBank. American Airlines really bring US Airways. TimeWarner is really AOL, which is really AT&T. AT&T wireless is really Cingular.