Rolm was an interesting beast.
They started out selling ruggedized DG gear (Rugged Nova was one of their
first products). They took a basic DG minicomputer, and put it into a
mil-spec package. None of the components actually came from DG, they built
it ground up to take a beating at incredible temperature and vibration
extremes. They also sold it at incredible margins. It was a cash cow.
But the CEO said from the beginning that the military-grade computer
systems were only a means to build cash in order to bootstrap the Rolm PBX
system. At the time it came to market, it was the Cadillac of PBX systems.
I lost track of them after that.
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On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 9:44 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
> ROLM, have not thought about them for a very long time. They had ISDN
> stuff, right?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Andrews
> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 10:31 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT tis the season
>
> They say success kills more businesses... I say it is getting the $$
> from people that does. I know of about 5 people who set up businesses,
> had fairly good success selling and totally failed at collecting. I
> used to work in sales engineering at some big companies ( IBM, ROLM )
> and I couldn't believe the number of salesdroids that absolutely had no
> sense of making a sale except giving away the product. The customers
> saw them coming a mile away ( basically the first phone call ).. These
> sales would drag the district results in the toilet for the 6 months to
> a year to get rid of the non-sales person and impact results for
> years... Usually a 4 to one ratio of salesdroit tries to success..
> And these were for products that almost sold themselves... Two
> absolute needs in business, the ability to collect ( and twist and arm )
> and the ability to fire..
>
> On 05/09/2019 08:15 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> > No longer Avon. We were first married. She used to lug her stuff
> around
> > the small town where I was the “phone man”. I knew absolutely every
> > person in that town, every dwelling, every dog. I gave her a nice list
> so
> > she wasn’t totally cold calling. She enjoyed it until it came time to
> > collect from some of those wonderful people...
> > *From:* Ken Hohhof
> > *Sent:* Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:11 AM
> > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT tis the season
> >
> > No longer married, or no longer an Avon lady?
> >
> > (OK, now that is reminding me of the lame old joke that starts “it won’t
> > be long until we’re married”.)
> >
> > *From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:57 AM
> > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT tis the season
> >
> > I used to be married to one.
> >
> > *From:*Daniel White
> >
> > *Sent:*Thursday, May 9, 2019 8:19 AM
> >
> > *To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> >
> > *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT tis the season
> >
> > They call it out right in the description too:
> >
> >
> https://www.avon.com/product/skin-so-soft-bug-guard-plus-ir3535-expedition-spf-30-family-size-pump-spray-47861?rrec=false
> >
> > Find yourself an Avon lady Chuck :-)
> >
> > Image removed by sender. <https://atheral.com/>
> >
> >
> >
> > *Daniel White***
> >
> > Co-Founder - Business Development & Operations
> >
> > direct: +1 (702) 470-2766
> >
> > Image removed by sender. Facebook icon
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> >
> > Lewis Bergman wrote on 5/8/19 19:58:
> >
> > Avon skin so soft. No idea if they still sell it but when I was in
> > the USMC it repelled everything from jungles, swamps, and dessert.
> >
> > On Wed, May 8, 2019, 7:32 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Every year, the biting midge flies come out. Miserable to be
> > outside my shop during certain hours of the day. I got some
> > mosquito nets that are to be worn over the hat. The bugs get
> > through.
> >
> > Nothing we have tried seems to work. DEET seems to attract them.
> >
> > We have had a wet spring and there are wetlands next to my
> > shop. Perfect breeding grounds.
> >
> > Anyone have suggestions other than tyvec full hazmat suit?
> >
> > I pine for a bag of DDT wetable powder.
> >
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