[ltp] US Government May Not Approve Sale of IBM PC Unit

[SOTL]

That is all we need.

Another flame war.

Frank

On Tuesday 25 January 2005 11:34 am, Winsley von Spee wrote:
> Sorry but I can not agree ... This is an Thinkpad mailing list und IBM
> is the manufacturer of the thinkpad notebooks ... and nobody said this
> is a technical only mailinglist ... *g*
>
> But I thought such a thing would happen but is it good or bad news for
> me and my tp ... ???
>
> Greetz
>
> Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 10:15 -0500 schrieb SOTL:
> > It should on the SLUG Political list or on Slashdot but hopeful NOT here.
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > On Tuesday 25 January 2005 09:33 am, Jeff wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I thought this might spur some interesting conversation.  Taken from
> > > Slashdot this morning:
> > >
> > > Politics: US Government May Not Approve Sale of IBM PC Unit
> > >
> > >
> > > Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday January 25, @06:00AM
> > > from the not-at-any-price dept.
> > > andy1307 writes "Xinhua, among others, quotes a Bloomberg report
> > > saying the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, or
> > > CFIUS, might block the sale of IBM's PC unit to Lenovo over national
> > > security concerns. CFIUS is made up of 11 U.S. agencies, including the
> > > Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and is
> > > chaired by the Treasury Department. They are concerned Lenovo
> > > employees might be used to conduct industrial espionage. The Bloomberg
> > > story said members of CFIUS were focusing their attention on an IBM
> > > facility in North Carolina of the United States. The same article says
> > > IBM hasnt produced its own PCs for several years and that the bulk of
> > > its production is done by manufacturing partners, largely in China. In
> > > the past, CFIUS has blocked the sale of Global crossing to Hutchison
> > > Whampoa because it would have meant Chinese control of the undersea
> > > cable communication network."
> > >
> > > http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/05/01/25/0347257.shtml?tid=137&ti
> > >d=21 9
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you very much!
> > >
> > > -Jeff