Talk:Electronic Data Systems
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Hopefully the EDS article will eventually include information about the firm's reputation for authoritarianism and indentured servitude, without straying too far from NPOV. Also, information on whether EDS today is different from the traditional EDS would be interesting.
This page should contain some account of Eagle's Nest, where the management of EDS hired mercenaries to rescue American employees who had been kidnapped abroad. I believe there was a book published about it, which leads me to suspect that I have the name wrong as I can't find it on Amazon.
Yeah, that was On Wings of Eagles, by Ken Follett. Rhymeless 08:23, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Should also discuss the CAD-CAM company Unigraphics, acquired in 1991, now spun off again as UG Solutions.
Should also discuss Perot's changing role in the company (that is, his departure). Bovlb 20:38, 2004 Apr 16 (UTC)
Article implies that NMCI was given as a result of conflicts in the Middle East. This is not correct, so I am changing it. Vesta 08:06, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Michael Jordan, the great Basketball player, isn't EDS CEO (at least, according to EDS's own website (http://www.eds.com/about/board/)). --Abu Badali 13:50, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
I suppose this has no place in the main articles, but I know that more than a small few employees (some former, some still there) refer to the company as "Every Day Sucks". Obviously, verifiability may be a problem, since none of them are likely to be willing to go on record to verify this. It might be worthy of note that, as well as the disasters, they've actually been booted off government IT contracts at the Inland Revenue and the DVLA, though I'm not sure where it might fit in. Chris 16:22, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Many different tongue-in-cheek "real meanings" have floated around for years. (I suppose this happens at every company that has initials for a name.) One, for instance, is "Everyone Dresses the Same" (in the days of dress codes). Oh, and the reasons for the end of contracts, like divorces, often lie on both sides. J42 07:04, 10 May 2005 (UTC)