Template:Did you know nominations/Zenith Data Systems

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 20:34, 28 April 2023 (UTC)

Zenith Data Systems

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... that Zenith Data Systems, once a large manufacturer of computer systems, benefited from their parent company being a manufacturer of TVs? Source: "Zenith Radio Company supplies color and black-and-white monitors at cost to ZDS for its systems, so ZDS avoids higher OEM prices" (InfoWorld, 1982).
- ALT1: ... that Zenith Data Systems's US$242-million contract with the United States Department of Defense in 1986 was the largest federal computer contract up to that point? Source: "And a few days later Zenith won the largest microcomputer contract the Federal Government has ever awarded - a $242 million order to supply 90,000 desktop computers to the Defense Department" (New York Times, 1986).
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/La Carcacha

Improved to Good Article status by DigitalIceAge (talk). Self-nominated at 15:48, 24 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Zenith Data Systems; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: - Not done
Overall: @DigitalIceAge: Good article. Waiting on QPQ. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

- Thanks for the review, @Onegreatjoke:! QPQ now done. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:04, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Approve then Onegreatjoke (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

@DigitalIceAge: wondering is ALT0 implied in the article or is it explicitly mentioned? Bruxton (talk) 20:29, 28 April 2023 (UTC)