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Electronic Data Systems
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<p>Electronic Data Systems (EDS) was an American <a href="/facts/Multinational_corporation/qrMQSMTb">multinational</a> information technology equipment and services company headquartered in <a href="/facts/Plano,_Texas/7zQYptvP">Plano, Texas</a>, which was founded in 1962 by <a href="/facts/Ross_Perot/L1BBTyFk">Ross Perot</a>. The company was a subsidiary of <a href="/facts/General_Motors/rBgP3IRK">General Motors</a> from 1984 until it was spun off in 1996. EDS was acquired by <a href="/facts/Hewlett-Packard/abuNSYNu">Hewlett-Packard</a> in 2008. </p>