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class=953523318-13072020>Wow- this is unexpected! I worked at Maxim for
24+ years and this was something no one wanted to do back then- they even had
kind of a "poison pill" in the stock plan that would release a bunch
of shares in case of a takeover. It would have made it
impossible to buy. I worked there in the hey days with all the original
founders. I retired in 2018 as a managing director- probably in the
top 50 in the hierarchy overall.. The company changed a lot after the
founder/CEO Jack Gifford left the company in 2007 and others drifted
away. I never really liked the newer management- they were more short term
oriented and got the company heavily involved in cell phone asics. They
were like crack, you could do one design and make $100M but there were a lot of
soul crushing details that screwed it up and you were very beholden to a
few customers (Apple/Samsung). I tried to stay in the standard products
analog stuff though I supported the acquisiton of Dallas in 2001. I would
have retired after Jack's departure but got involved in founding an
automotive group that distracted me for a few years. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=953523318-13072020>I'll check this out and see if I can get any inside
details if any are curious.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=953523318-13072020>Thanks for the heads up.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=953523318-13072020>John Wettroth</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> TriEmbed
[mailto:triembed-bounces@triembed.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Pete Soper via
TriEmbed<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 13, 2020 1:41 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Triangle
Embedded Computing Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> [TriEmbed] Analog Devices
buying Maxim<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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