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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
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