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CAN RON SKATES SAVE DATA GENERAL?
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WESTBOROUGH - Depending on who you ask, Ronald Skates is the
chief executive who will either save Data General Corp. or preside
over its demise.
Supporters say the former accountant has the right mix of
financial and managerial skills to pull the computer company out of
its painful decline. Critics call him a bean counter who lacks the
technical vision needed to steer it through the rapidly changing
currents of the computer industry.
If his name doesn't ring a bell, that's fi...
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ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN At Data General meeting, de Castro is just an observer
The Boston Globe
; Sitting five rows back, Edson de Castro, Data General Corp.'s founder and largest single stockholder, seemed out of place at the company's annual meeting yesterday. Instead of standing at the podium and replying to Wall Street analysts' and stockholders' questions, as he has done for more than 20
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LONGTIME LEADER DE CASTRO IS FIRED AT DATA GENERAL
The Boston Globe
; Edson D. de Castro, a computer industry legend who built Data General Corp. from a scrappy start-up into a minicomputer powerhouse, has been fired after 22 years at the helm of the company, which is fighting for survival along with most of its Route 128 brethren. The company yesterday announced
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NOW IT'S CHAIRMAN DE CASTRO
The Boston Globe
; After 21 years in business, Data General Corp. decided it needed a chairman. So yesterday it gave the new job to Edson D. de Castro, who cofounded the Westborough computer maker in 1968 and has served as its top executive ever since. The 51-year-old de Castro had run the company as president and
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'Radio Guy' Embarks On an AOL Ad Mission; De Castro Known for Audacity
The Washington Post
; When James de Castro starts his new job at America Online on Monday, his office neighbors at the company's Dulles headquarters shouldn't be surprised if he renovates a little. As head of the sprawling AMFM Inc. radio empire in the 1990s, de Castro's commodious office in Chicago housed not only a
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De Castro lives up to all the hype
Oakland Tribune
; HAYWARD -- Moreau Catholic High boys tennis coach Rose Borja heard all the hype surrounding freshman Mark De Castro before he even enrolled at Moreau. But Borja had to see De Castro for herself before buying into it. "I had to see he could prove himself regardless of what other people were saying,"
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