And yes, "the new guy", Marshall Smith, was useless. But he wasn't running West Chester, he ran Commodore. Had they not closed Los Gatos, the same problems would have existed. Not to mention that Los Gatos didn't even have proper IC CAD systems until C= supplied them.... they were hardly setting any IC design records.
This thread is really interesting, but I'd like to request a point of clarification, if I may. I thought Thomas Rattigan was the new guy in 1986? Was it Smith or Rattigan responsible for closing that facility?
