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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:16 AM
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John Diebold, 79, a Visionary of the Computer Age, Dies
John Diebold, 79, a Visionary of the Computer Age, Dies
By JENNIFER BAYOT


John Diebold's early and persistent promotion of computers and other far-reaching innovations helped shape industrial development in America and beyond.
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:17 AM
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1. Any relation to
the repuke-owned election-stealing company of the same name?
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:21 AM
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2. I believe that's him
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murpheeslaw Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:37 AM
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4. Didn't "someone" Diebold just step down from the company several weeks
ago? At that time it was suggested here that it was a way to jettison liability. At the risk of indicating my tin foil hat is on to tight, (the guy was 79 after all) if it is the same guy, isn't it . . . conveeenient?
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:39 AM
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5. The CEO who stepped down was not named Diebold
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:48 AM
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6. That was Wally O'Dell
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:26 AM
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3. Sounds like it.........
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-27-05 11:49 AM
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7. Yes, but according to some polls
He is still alive.
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