Koll-Dove Global Disposition Services, LLC Forms Joint Venture with CyberSWAP to Create Internet On-Line Commerce Services.FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 1996--Koll-Dove Global Disposition Services, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , the world's leading auctioneer of personal computers and peripherals announces the formation of a joint venture with CyberSWAP on-line auction house. Kirk Dove, president of Koll-Dove, announced, "Our buyers will now have the ability to participate in popular open-outcry public auctions as well as electronic bidding from their home offices." Dave Freeman Dave Freeman may refer to:
Koll-Dove is a 60 year old firm that rose to prominence in 1984 when it began auctioning personal computers for the original PC manufacturer, Osborne Computer Corporation (company) Osborne Computer Corporation - The unsucessful computer manufacturer founded by Adam Osborne that produced one of the first laptop computers, the Osborne 1. . In the last twelve years, Koll-Dove has conducted over 1,000 personal computer auctions for manufacturers, distributors and retailers, including Acer Computer, Apple Computer, AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , Businessland, Compaq, Computerland, Hewlett-Packard, 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) , Packard Bell See Packard Bell NEC. , Sun Microsystems, Xerox and Zenith. CyberSWAP is the brainchild of computer industry pioneers, Dave and Tom Freeman, who more than 20 years ago opened Advanced Computer Products in Santa Ana, the first computer "superstore" in Orange County and model for present giant retail outlets. Known for their innovative marketing techniques (they initiated the first bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. parking lot swap meet), the Freeman brothers see the CyberSWAP auction as "an exciting shopping experience that is fun." Ross Dove, chairman of Koll-Dove, stated, "After successfully selling over $1 billion in computer assets over the last twelve years in ballroom auctions, we now believe the growth of electronic commerce should enable us to bring the product into boardrooms, living rooms, college dorms, and backyard barbecues." On-line auction services have become one of the most popular sites on the web and Koll-Dove CyberSWAP auction house can be viewed at http://www.Koll-Dove.com and at http://www.CyberSWAP.com. CONTACT: Koll-Dove Global Disposition Services Kirk Dove, 415/571-7400 ext. 606 |
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