In 1998, Goddijn took a job in the UK, becoming managing director of Psion's computer group.
Frank Schumacher, senior vice president and group account director for the Hewlett-Packard personal computer group at Riney, will succeed Mr. Corsham.
Mr. Zander showed his marketing flair by creating Sun's slogan that it was "the dot in dot.com" when he ran its computer group.
The publicity blurb boasts of "an international electronics, telecoms and computer group with one of the strongest brand names in Europe".
Mainframes, peripheral equipment and personal computers all suffered, with the personal computer group's profits also being hurt by the costs of shutting down I.B.M.'s money-losing retail channels.
The Little Prince has also been used as a virtual ambassador for an anti-smoking campaign, by the energy services group Veolia, and by the computer group Toshiba as a symbol of environmental protection.
The French computer group Bull said it earned 1.3 million euros ($1.5 million) in the first half, its first profit since 1988, and said it expected to report a profit for the full year as well.
The company seems to divide opinion in the City like few others, but today one of its consistent supporters turned more negative, following disappointing results from US computer group IBM.
It also granted an energy company, Electricité de France, tax breaks and loan guarantees, and it has failed to get its money back after giving the French computer group Bull a six-month rescue loan, which was due in June.
Lenovo, a computer group, has succeeded because it was controlled, financed and run not from mainland China but from Hong Kong (a happy legacy of the founder's family connections there not something enjoyed by most Chinese businessmen).
