On 2/19/07, Dr Bruce Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hej Magnus > Magnus Danielson wrote: > >> > >> An interesting product originating from Mitel (Mike and Terry's > >> lawnmowers later became MITEL - according to their local rep about 20 > >> odd years ago)
Michael Copland and Terence "Terry" Matthews These guys are/were also involved with Nortel, Newbridge Networks, and Corel. > Fuller version is that the later Mitel founders worked for another > telecoms (Bell??) company when they left, they were restrained from > setting up in the same business area for a couple of years so they setup > a business selling lawnmowers until the restraint period expired. Then > the name of their telecoms startup, (MITEL) was derived from the name of > their interim lawnmower business. AFAIK they met at Nortel (aka Northern Telecom, Nortel Networks) and left. I don't know about any lawnmower business though. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
