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Thu, 29 Apr 2004 17:08:39 -0400
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No it did not - which I guess is why Carly is running HP and not me.

(What is this about number of attempts? This is the first message I've seen)

At 04:34 PM 4/29/2004, Johnson, Tracy wrote:
>---- THIRD ATTEMPT - FIRST ATTEMPT WAS YESTERDAY ----
>---- FOURTH ATTEMPT - LAST ATTEMPT 3 HOURS AGO ----
>
>24 Months (and a week) ago today, Tom Brandt
>made the following prediction, with headers:
>
>         Did it come true?
>
>Tom Brandt said on 23 Apr 2002 at 08:46:13 -0400
>At 02:33 PM 4/22/2002 -0400, Wirt Atmar wrote:
> > Tom writes:
> >
> > > This was broadcast on Morning Edition. It includes a replay of the
> > >  notorious Fiorina voice mail message to HPs CFO.
> > >
> > >  http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20020422.me.08.ram
> >
> > It's basically all over, except for the recriminations. Hewlett has a very
> > high hurdle to cross now if he is to prove his allegations, one that is
> > probably almost impossible to do in any practical sense.
>
>Prediction:
>
>18 to 24 months after the merger, when revenues are lower than projected,
>when costs are higher than projected, when disgruntled customers leave and
>don't come back, when a RIF'ed and demoralized workforce is unproductive,
>when the stock price sinks to unprecedented lows, and HP finds itself
>facing breakup, takeover or bankruptcy, the blame will be placed on...
>
>Walter Hewlett (instead of where it belongs)
>
>You heard it here first.
>--------------------------------
>Tom Brandt
>Northtech Systems, Inc.
>313 N. 1st Street
>Ann Arbor, MI 48103
>http://www.northtech.com/
>
>BT
>
>
>Tracy Johnson
>MSI Schaevitz Sensors
>
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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/

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