After a quick Google search, I found the original phrase "Now is the winter
of our discontent" to have indeed originated with William Shakespeare's
Richard III.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 288-7438
denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:47 AM
To: 'Roy Brown'; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Lewis Platt Rejects the Merger
If you cycle back to 17 Nov 1999, you will see I posted the following terse
message (#069159) on 3000-L:
Does this make Lew Platt, the vintner of our disc contents?
This was in response to Nick Demos and a few other making comments about Lew
becoming the CEO of Kendall-Jackson and HP needing to merge with KJ.
The message was paraphrasing John Steinbeck, not Shakespeare.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 Fax: (281) 288-7438
denys at hicomp.com www.hicomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Roy Brown
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Lewis Platt Rejects the Merger
"Russ Smith" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:a60q0a0h6b@enews3.newsguy.com...
> When he was chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard (news/quote),
> Lewis E. Platt helped choose Carleton S. Fiorina as his successor in 1999.
>
> But he is opposing the company's planned purchase of Compaq Computer
> (news/quote), a merger that if rejected by shareholders will certainly
bring
> Ms. Fiorina's downfall at Hewlett-Packard. And Mr. Platt visited an
> influential shareholder advisory firm, Institutional Shareholder Services
in
> Rockville, Md., last week to explain why he is against the deal Ms.
Fiorina
> has championed, according to people with knowledge of his trip.
> But industry analysts doubt if Mr. Platt, 60, would take the job or be
> offered it. After leaving Hewlett-Packard in 1999, Mr. Platt became chief
> executive of Kendall-Jackson, a California winery. Last year, he left that
> post.
Didn't Shakespeare say something like:
'Lew is the vintner of our discontent'
?:-)
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