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All the worst parts of MD, specifically the management.

It has been 25+ years since the merge, surely there is no distinction anymore given people retire in that timeframe.

Yet culture persists.

It's tempting to say that the only people with longer memories and deeper resentment than the descendants of Eastern European blood feuds are the OG Hewlett-Packard employees who were there when Fiorina took over. But the truth is, Boeing employees who predate the McDonnell-Douglas merger make them both look like gracious exemplars of forgiveness.

Those folks are sore. Their lines will carry the grudge against McDonnell's management for a thousand years.

It's like how Boeing is actually Mcdonnell-Douglas.

And how AT&T is actually Southwestern Bell.

Or how …

Bank of America is actually NationsBank.

American Airlines really bring US Airways.

TimeWarner is really AOL, which is really AT&T.

AT&T wireless is really Cingular.