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Topics of the day:
1. WSJ: David W. Packard's Response
2. stage/ix and patching question
3. medieval history??
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Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:20:40 -0800
From: Bill Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: WSJ: David W. Packard's Response
Mark - thanks for posting that ad. I believe Mr. Packard has eloquently
and
succinctly stated why this merger should not take place, and for what
it is
worth will cast my measly few hundred shares against the merger...
Bill
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Subject: WSJ: David W. Packard's Response
Sorry for not getting this out on Wednesday, but here's the response to
the
prior WSJ ad. This one is the same size and located in the same place
as
the Carly ad.
(Large text)
There You Go Again!
(Smaller-bold)
Ms. Fiorina, your recent advertisement
misappropriates Dave Packard's words
"to remain static is to lose ground."
(Same size - no bold)
As a professional marketer you know how to enhance
your message by invoking the image of an admired person.
But my father's quote has no relevance to your argument.
You expect readers of The Wall Street Journal to believe that
your disruptive merger plan is the only possible path forward
--that your opponents want HP to "remain static."
You rebuke Walter Hewlett (and former top HP executives)
for preferring organic growth focused on genuine product innovation
enhanced by manageable acquisitions such as Indigo.
In recent months hundreds of HP employees have written
eloquent, passionate letters to me opposing this merger.
Some say it will "dissolve the personality and soul of HP."
I received 200 letters against the merger before I got a single letter
in
favor.
The HP board must insist on a truly independent survey.
Not because business strategy should be generated by employee polls,
but because a major measure of successful management
is the trust and loyalty of employees.
HP thrived for 60 years without a single colossal merger
remotely approaching the scale of Compaq.
Was HP "losing ground" all those years?
You recall another one of my father's favorite sayings:
"More companies die of indigestion than starvation."
There is now a real danger that HP will die of a broken heart.
David W. Packard
c/o Finch Montgomery Wright & Emmer
350 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA. 94306
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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:43:40 -0500
From: Richard Gambrell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: stage/ix and patching question
Thanks to you and all the others who responded. With this help,
I'm getting back into the swing of how it works.
Thanks again,
Richard
John Burke wrote:
>
> From: Richard Gambrell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>
> > I believe Jeff Kell has been using patchix and staging
> > patch installes routinely on our system. Since he reamins
> > hospitalized and unable to communicate much if any, I could
> > use some help. I'm not sure what stage we are left in,
> > committed or not. The system is stable, so I would
> > be happy to commit to the last set of patches, but I don't
> > remember how or how to find out.
>
> Go into stageman and use the STATUS and LIST commands to determine
where you
> are.
>
> > IIRC, we should make a new CSLT (for disaster recovery) after
> > commiting to the staged patches?
>
> Absolutely.
>
> John
>
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Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:32:59 -0600
From: Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: medieval history??
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Denys Beauchemin
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>So, where does that put Nero?
Burning ROMs.....
--
Roy Brown 'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to
be
Kelmscott Ltd useful, or believe to be beautiful' William Morris
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