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E. Courtney "Corky" Siegel was general manager of the division.<ref name="iw-1992">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlEEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Harris+Computer+Systems%22+1994&pg=PA46 | title=Harris to use PowerPC in Night Hawks | author-first=Tom | author-last=Quinlan | magazine=InfoWorld | date=November 9, 1992 | page=46}}</ref>
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== Harris Computer Systems Corporation == On October 7, 1994, Harris Computer Systems Corporation came into being, as a spinoff to Harris Corporation shareholders.<ref name="nyt-spinoff"/> There were some 480 employees who joined the new enterprise.<ref name="sent-spun"/> It had revenues of about $60 million,<ref>''High Technology Market Place Directory'' (Princeton Hightech Group, 1996), p. 97.</ref> and had earned about $2 million over the year prior.<ref name="sent-spun"/> Said John Hartley, the head of Harris Corporation: "This is a well-established, profitable business that we believe will best realize its full potential as a stand-alone public corporation."<ref name="njbiz"/> The CEO of the new company was Siegel, who said "this move will give the new company greater access to capital markets for future growth."<ref name="sent-spun">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105585674/south-florida-sun-sentinel/ | title=Harris spins off computer division | author-first=Jay | author-last=Weaver | newspaper=South Florida Sun-Sentinel • | date=September 30, 1994| page=3D | via=Newspapers.com }}</ref>
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