Talk:John Henry Patterson (NCR owner)

Page Title
Seems weird to put him as "NCR owner," for the title of the page, considering he hasn't owned since he died a long time ago. He did found NCR with his brother, but he does not currently own it, being dead. Peyna 20:14, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

It's merely a disambiguation device -- there are several John H. Patterson/John Henry Patterson on Wikipedia. See John H. Patterson. If I were the one naming the page, I probably would have simply gone with John H. Patterson (NCR), but at this point, it's more trouble to change all the referring pages that it's worth, it seems to me. Anyway, I can live with it. David 23:39, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Firing of potential successors
I think "NCR founder" would probably be better for the title. However, my main comment is that from my reading about Patterson, I think the article should also mention that some sources think he tended to fire people that he regarded as potentially threatening to his control. That makes sense in relationship to the comments about his dominating and over-controlling personality (currently in the personal life section, but I think that section is currently too sharply worded, and I definitely doubt that he should be ranked as a terrible leader). He was a controversial CEO in many ways, but he did build a company that still managed to survive the succession crisis he had created by firing so many of his potential successors. Shanen (talk) 05:05, 2 February 2012 (UTC)


 * An alternate interpretation of Patterson's firings is that was prosthelytizing - teach them his way: clean, good lighting, taking care of employees ... them fire them. Thus sending his methods out to the world. And he had fun doing it - without anyone realizing what he up to. 50.136.247.190 (talk) 16:26, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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