At 11:40 PM 9/20/00 -0700, Glenn Cole wrote:
>HP has posted a transcript of a recent talk Carly gave to an investor
>conference.  The link was found on HP's home page, but oddly not on
>the page that links to "all" of her speeches.
>
>   http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/ceo/speeches/sgcowen.htm
>
>Following are some quotes that I found interesting.
>
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>   A final point I'd like to make around the PwC deal surrounds press and
>   analyst reports I've seen that characterize this deal as an attempt to
>   mimic IBM's Global Services business.
>
>   Actually, the strategic rationale is quite different.
>
>   We're not building a services business to make up for a declining
>   hardware business.

Just declining profit margins!!!!


John Lee
Vaske Computer Solutions