RE: HP Buys Compaq

[Jim Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Compaq is a bit more than a PC company these days, particularly since they
bought DEC.

-Jim

James P. Damato
Manager - Technical Administration
Dollar General Corporation
<mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>


-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis [mailto:clewis@iquest.net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:33 AM
To: midrange-nontech@midrange.com
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
> --
> Chris Rehm
> javadisciple@earthlink.net
> If you believe that the best technology wins the
> marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.
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