Two of my saddest days in the industry: The UCCEL acquisition and the Legent acquisition.
But...there is hope! Go Chris!!!! <grin, with apologies to other good folks "now" at CA> And, yes, I attended one of Mario's wine and cheese parties! Bob Richards -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Barry Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IEFACTRT Oh, yes. Duquesne's BDBF (Billing Data Base Facility, the MICS-alternative for smaller shops) lived on for a while during the "morph" of: Duquesne/Morino_Associates->Morino_Inc/Goal_Systems/BST->LEGENT->Compute r_Associates/CA Could have been the phrase "merger of equals" was coined with the Morino/Duquesne combining forces and only until Goal Systems came into the picture did anyone really see that having to company Headquarters (Pittsburgh and McLean, VA) was ill-conceived and somewhat misleading. Took the likes of Dave Wetmore from Goal Systems (finally, a bean-counter comes on board), John Burton from BST (Endevor), Joe Henson from Prime Computer, and others to grow the company very quickly. And the VC guys (General Atlantic Partners, from the Morino founding days) had confidence that it would eventually work out, and so they didn't mettle in the mess of personality differences and dart-board like attempts at various sales/marketing strategies over the next 5 years. So, in walks Jerre Stead, and in less than a year (after meeting Sanjay), LEGENT disappears, consumed by the well-oiled acquisition machine of CA (cash buyout at $47 dollars a share -- IRS made out much better than some on this deal). That was 16 years ago this month!! Personal stories of Morino Associates parties, holiday treats (damn good liquor) delivered by Mario with a shopping cart with a Santa hat on, and well-deserved fiscal year-end bonuses (did I say outrageous), have molded my professional career while experiencing this "morph" process and other sibling products. What a great ride that was. And to have been acquired by CA twice, once as a Monday morning acquisition (Johnson Systems -- APEX job scheduler, JARS family, UMAX, ALARM hardware monitor) and then again with LEGENT, there are probably more like me than I wish to count. LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Seeing Beyond Money is a service mark of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
