Let me clarify... "Blood and carnage" as in layoffs and product line cuts.  You
don't think that will happen?  Inevitable.   No way can HPaq sustain all the R&D
dollars, product support dollars, sales training dollars, and whatever other
dollars are need to keep the whole collection of product lines going.  That's
what makes the consummation of mergers such great fun to watch from the outside,
sort of like two elephants making love.  MUCH more fun than watching from the
inside, believe me... Ben Myers

On Thu, 02 May 2002 18:53:05 -0400, JF Mezei <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Ben Myers wrote:
>> for their own corporate lives to think clearly.  The blood and carnage of HPaq
>> employees will be considerable once the wheels of this merger get turning.
>
>I am not so sure. In all fairness to Carly, she has shown herself to be
>ruthless when it comes to anyone trying to stop her. Her treatment of Hewlett
>is a good indication.
>
>The problem may happen at the Winkler levels below her. Curly will just be a
>good puppy happy to finally have a master because he was totally lost at
>Compaq without a boss. But folks like Winkler who have a certain agenda may
>have clashes with people, especially if they have to work with HP people.
>
>If VMS is put on status quo ("we'll honour our commitments to existing
>customers"), then I suspect that the VMS folks will also be good puppies and
>stay quiet in the basement and not disturb anyone.
>
>
>The turmoil may present opportunities to raise VMS's prominence, or it may
>also be the time for VMS to really stay quiet under the radar, wait for the
>turf wars to be finished and then come out of its foxhole and try to get
>permission to do marketing.

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