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>
> Nov. 10, 2001, 3:35PM
>
> Move could signal a proxy fight
> HP co-founder's son hires firm to gather opposition to Compaq deal
>
> Bloomberg Business News
>
> PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Hewlett-Packard Co. director Walter Hewlett, son of
...
> "I don't think they know the company or the industry," Perkins, founder
> of venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said in an
> interview.
>
> "Neither one has exposure to the inner beauty of Compaq. To reject it
> before you know what it's all about -- I don't like it, and I was
> surprised by that."
>

Ironic, I think, that the inner business workings of Compaq, depend on MPE.
I wonder what costs to Compaq business operations will be done by the
expected Nov. 14 annoucement.  Or to Agilent, for that matter.

Richard
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