Thu 13 Sep 2007
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Will,
I came across this article via a Google search. I, too, was with Northern Telecom from 1985-1996, spending the last 8 years in the RTP complex. It was a fun place to work when success of digital switching was in their heydays. I still remember the battles of Big Al vs. Little Al (Lutz vs. Toomer). Frankly, things turned for the worse after Ed Fitzgerald retired as CEO. IMO, he was the last of the good guys.
Since you were at DMS-10, perhaps you can answer a trivia question for me. Toomer always took great pride in the cleanliness of the DMS-10 plant. He used a floor cleaner on the plant floors that was fantastic — clean, non-skid, but the shine would blind your eyes! Know where I could get the name of the product he used?
Thanks,
Bill vonReicbauer