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1999-02-01 09:00:00+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Not really an issue unless you're nostalgic, but News.com reports that Hayes is going out of business. Once the premier modem maker, they stumbled when US Robotics beat them to the high speed modems with the HST, and despite some fancy marketing and sidestepping (I remember talking with their salesdroids at Comdex around this time, wondering what they were thinking) never managed to recover.

"The bank said it would only fund a liquidation and not our ongoing operations," said Ron Howard, who served as chief executive up until yesterday.

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