great.. That could mean that the moto nazis go form 0 to stupid on vertex programming software next..
Mike Morris WA6ILQ wrote: > > > At 08:37 AM 11/05/07, you wrote: > >> Motorola Bidding to Acquire Control of Vertex Standard (Yaesu) >> >> http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo >> >> <http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7b9EE2DFC5-414E-4210-956A-2ACDC840E4CE%7d&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo> >> >> >> >> http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909 >> <http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail.jsp?globalObjectId=8909> >> _ >> 8838_23 > > The Vertex board has voted to accept it, so it looks like a done deal > (unless some > someone / some agency / some jurisdiction files some anti-monopoly legal > paperwork). > > If $108M is 80% of what Yaesu feels that Vertex is worth then all of it > is about 135 Mil... > > Anybody have any idea of Motorola's history as to what happens to > acquisitions? > > I just hope that they don't kill off the Yaesu ham radio line. > > Does this mean the first radio that comes out of the duo will be called > the Mo-Tex? > Or the Ver-torola? or a Yae-torola? or a Mo-sue? > > -- Jay Urish W5GM ex. KB5VPS ARRL Life Member Denton County ARRL VEC N5ERS VP/Trustee Monitoring 444.850 PL-88.5 146.92 PL-110.9
