Corporate genealogy?

[Brian Foley]

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 06:55:47PM -0500, Richard A. Cini wrote:
> I know there was one done about semiconductor companies descended from
> Shockley but it was only current through about 2001 and it didn't cover
> every company. I might have a copy of that at work.

A friend pointed me at a chart on Wikipedia of some of the mergers that
led to BAE Systems. It includes some of the British computer companies
such as GEC, Ferranti, and English Electric:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:BAE_Systems_evolution.png

Interesting to see UK aerospace following the seeming unavoidable pattern
of technology comanies in the UK: lots of engineering smarts, but not so
effective management...

Cheers,
Brian.