Compuware President Joseph Nathan, Discusses the IBM Lawsuit, Along With Other Business, On Wallst.net.Business Editors & Internet Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2002 Joseph Nathan, president of Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq:CPWR CPWR Center to Protect Workers' Rights (now Center for Construction Research and Training) CPWR Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions CPWR Coupled Plasma-Waveguide Resonance ), talked in an interview available exclusively to wallst.net members. Nathan starts with the issue that has the press buzzing; Compuware's suit alleging that IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM) stole mainframe code. He explains Compuware's position and the main issues involved, before moving on to quarterly revenues and detailed targets for the next 12 months for the various corporate sectors. This section of the interview is closed with a general industry climate discussion, before focusing on how this will affect Compuware's Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. Department. Having started the interview with IBM we thought we should finish it with Microsoft. More specifically, the growth potential of the Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms .NET initiative that Compuware pioneered, along with an explanation of how this will help it grow. We of course look into M & A goals for the company over the medium term and touch on Nathan's views on whether or not an industry rebound rebound (rē´bownd), n/v 1. a recovery from illness. n 2. an outbreak of fresh reflex activity after withdrawal of a stimulus rebound adjective has started yet. The interview is concluded with the R & D goals for the coming year. The interview can be heard at www.wallst.net. The Wall St. Network (www.wallst.net) is a multimedia provider of original, insightful, commentary and news from North America's leading companies. WallSt.net members get a direct link to the management of today's fastest growing companies. The audio interviews have no regard to the specific investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any specific recipient. It is based on information from sources believed to be reliable but no independent verification has been made, nor is its accuracy or completeness guaranteed. The interview is produced solely for informational purposes and is not to be construed as a solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual or an offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. Opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice and the divisions, groups, subsidiary or affiliates of the Wall St. Network are under no obligation to update or keep the information current. The Wall St. Network and/or its directors, officers and employees may take positions in, and may make purchases and/or sales. Wall St. Network accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of this report. |
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