Re: HP Buys Compaq

Chuck, it is the SERVER business that HP is after.
Not the commodity PC business.

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
To: <midrange-nontech@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: HP Buys Compaq


> Heard that on the radio on the way into work this morning Chris and am not
sure WHAT to make of
> it. Off the top of my head, I don't see WHY HP would want Compaq. We were a
BIG HP user where I
> used to work and we are a big Compaq user where I work now (PC's) and I
have nothing against
> either. I just don't see why HP would want to bring on what basically is a
PC company when they
> already have that. Especially at this time. Granted, it will make them a
bigger PC company (but
> still behind Dell at # 1 !), but PC's are such a commodity... HP is
diversified enough that they
> tend to weather the PC problem, but they have also been in AND out of the
PC business too !
>
> Time will tell...
>
> Chuck
>
> Chris Rehm wrote:
>
> > To me this was a pretty big story, but I haven't seen much discussion of
it.
> > I haven't really digested it myself.
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/04/technology/04DEAL.html