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<text id=91TT2461>
<title>
Nov. 04, 1991: Business Notes:The Boardroom
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Nov. 04, 1991 The New Age of Alternative Medicine
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 65
Business Notes
THE BOARDROOM
Computer King Counted Out
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<p> Not long ago, Compaq Computer president Rod Canion was being
called a genius. Now he isn't even called president. Last week,
one day after Compaq announced the first quarterly loss in its
corporate history and the layoff of 1,440 employees, Canion was
dismissed by Compaq's board of directors.
</p>
<p> Launched in 1982, Houston-based Compaq immediately made
its mark with portable personal computers. Compaq reached $1
billion in annual sales in just five years, then a worldwide
record. Today Compaq trails only IBM and Apple among PC makers.
But that market is going through a major slump, which has
forced Compaq to slash its once premium prices. At the same
time, Compaq has had trouble expanding into the market for more
powerful machines. Canion was replaced by Eckhard Pfeiffer,
Compaq's executive vice president.
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</body></article>
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