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* "Halfhill steered the group through the administrative channels needed to establish FREE as a student group".</ref> on the [[University of Minnesota|Minneapolis campus]] (U of M) of the University of Minnesota<ref>Neal R. Peirce, "The Great Plains States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Nine Great Plains States", ''George J. McLeod'' (1973), 145; [https://books.google.com/books?id=JyqbTl9fsc4C&pg=PA145 available online], accessed February 7, 2014</ref> asked five major companies with local offices to explain their attitudes toward gay men and women, three responded quickly,<ref>Anon., "Three big companies say they hire Gays", ''The Advocate'' (30 September 1970).</ref> insisting that they did not discriminate against gay people in their hiring policies. Only Honeywell objected to hiring gay people.<ref name=Honeywell>Sources: Michael McConnell Files, "Full Equality, a diary" (volumes 1a - d), Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, ''U of M Libraries''. | * "Halfhill steered the group through the administrative channels needed to establish FREE as a student group".</ref> on the [[University of Minnesota|Minneapolis campus]] (U of M) of the University of Minnesota<ref>Neal R. Peirce, "The Great Plains States of America: People, Politics, and Power in the Nine Great Plains States", ''George J. McLeod'' (1973), 145; [https://books.google.com/books?id=JyqbTl9fsc4C&pg=PA145 available online], accessed February 7, 2014</ref> asked five major companies with local offices to explain their attitudes toward gay men and women, three responded quickly,<ref>Anon., "Three big companies say they hire Gays", ''The Advocate'' (30 September 1970).</ref> insisting that they did not discriminate against gay people in their hiring policies. Only Honeywell objected to hiring gay people.<ref name=Honeywell>Sources: Michael McConnell Files, "Full Equality, a diary" (volumes 1a - d), Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies, ''U of M Libraries''. | ||
* Letter to FREE from Vice President Gerry E. Morse, ''Honeywell Inc.'' (29 June 1970): | * Letter to FREE from Vice President Gerry E. Morse, ''Honeywell Inc.'' (29 June 1970): | ||
"We would not employ a known homosexual."</ref> Later in the 1970s, when faced with a denial of access to students, Honeywell "quietly [reversed] its hiring policy".<ref>Lars Bjornson, "A quiet win: Honeywell yields", ''The Advocate'' (10 April 1974), 13.</ref> | |||
The beginning of the 1970s saw Honeywell focus on process controls, with Honeywell merging their computer operations with GE's information systems in 1970, and later acquiring GE's process control business.{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=122}} With the acquisition, Honeywell took over responsibility for GE's ongoing [[Multics]] operating system project. The design and features of Multics greatly influenced the [[Unix]] operating system. Multics influenced many of the features of Honeywell/GE's GECOS and GCOS8 [[General Comprehensive Operating System]] operating systems. Honeywell, [[Groupe Bull]], and [[Control Data Corporation]] formed a joint venture in ''Magnetic Peripherals Inc''. which became a major player in the hard disk drive market.{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=124}} | The beginning of the 1970s saw Honeywell focus on process controls, with Honeywell merging their computer operations with GE's information systems in 1970, and later acquiring GE's process control business.{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=122}} With the acquisition, Honeywell took over responsibility for GE's ongoing [[Multics]] operating system project. The design and features of Multics greatly influenced the [[Unix]] operating system. Multics influenced many of the features of Honeywell/GE's GECOS and GCOS8 [[General Comprehensive Operating System]] operating systems. Honeywell, [[Groupe Bull]], and [[Control Data Corporation]] formed a joint venture in ''Magnetic Peripherals Inc''. which became a major player in the hard disk drive market.{{r|Rodengen-1995|page=124}} | ||