And Vivendi/Universal.

Bet you the Bronfman's wished they stil had all their Seagram assets.


"Dave Gudewicz" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:aarqov$h6f$1@fizban.fizban.pprd.abbott.com...
> Someone reminded me today of a rather large merger that went the wrong
way.
>
> AOL / Time Warner   now claiming losses in the $54 billion (yes billion)
> range.
>
> Wonder what the shareholders were told before that merger?
>
> Dave...
>
> "Ben Myers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
> news:3cd15f69.11242235@news.charter.net...
> > Dave,
> >
> > It was the Spanish philosopher, Santayana, who said: "He who does not
> learn from
> > history is doomed to repeat it."  Actually, he may have said something
> quite
> > different in Spanish, but that's  the way it is usually translated into
> English
> > (and much the same in Italian, BTW, according to my long-ago colleagues
in
> > Italy).
> >
> > A computer industry merger that actually worked?  Wow, that's a tough
one.
> The
> > closest I can come are the various buyouts made by Symantec (Peter
Norton
> > Computing, Central Point Software, and Microsoft (e.g. Bauer's
Postscript
> clone,
> > now named TrueType), and those buyouts were so private that nobody on
the
> > outside ever got to know the ensuing internal carnage, layoffs, etc.  By
> what
> > criteria does a merger work, anyway?  Increased revenue?  Level or
> increasing
> > headcount?  Survival of the merged entity for a few years?
> >
> > Here are a few of the brand names now absorbed into HPaq: Apollo,
Tandem,
> DEC,
> > Compaq, Thomas-Conrad.   Any others?
> >
> > A computer HARDWARE merger that actually worked?  I think we're talking
> about
> > the null set here, not to increase with HPaq... Ben Myers
> >
> > On Thu, 2 May 2002 10:28:05 -0500, "Dave Gudewicz"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Couldn't help but think after reading Ben's note:
> > >
> > >If we learn nothing from history, we are doomed to repeat it.  Or
> something
> > >like that.
> > >
> > >Can anyone here enlighten us with a merger such as this that DID work?
> And
> > >to reiterate the obvious, the Compaq assimilation of DEC did NOT work.
> > >
> > >Dave...
> > >
> > >"Ben Myers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
> > >news:3cd14eee.7021958@news.charter.net...
> > >> Well, whatever you call the newsletter, it should prove to be an
> > >interesting
> > >> chronicle of the on-going soap opera of one set of related mergers in
> the
> > >> computer industry.  I lived thru one failed merger on a vastly
smaller
> > >scale:
> > >> Honeywell, GE and Groupe Bull.  What always seems to be missing in a
> > >merger is a
> > >> clear vision and strategic direction, because executives are too busy
> > >fighting
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >> ... Ben Myers
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, 01 May 2002 14:39:39 GMT, "Terry C. Shannon"
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >Another year, another name change. We at Shannon Knows DEC, Shannon
> Knows
> > >> >Distributed Enterprise Computing, Shannon Knows Compaq, and now
> Shannon
> > >> >Knows HPC are getting used to the good old name game. And we hope
that
> > >you
> > >> >Constant Readers will take the latest name change in stride. Here's
> the
> > >> >deal: Shannon Knows Compaq has withstood the rigors of two name
> changes
> > >plus
> > >> >the economic angst of the thermonuclear winter incited by a
wholesale
> > >> >dot-com bombing. Acting on the news yesterday that the Delaware
> Chancery
> > >> >Court has given Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq a go-ahead,
> SKC
> > >has
> > >> >changed its name to Shannon Knows High Performance Computing. HP, of
> > >course,
> > >> >can be construed as High Performance or Hewlett-Packard, which,
> > >> >post-acquisition, will be Numero Uno in the High Performance
Computing
> > >> >arena. In the interest of brevity-plus a desire to coin a new
> five-letter
> > >> >acronym-we'll now operate under the SKHPC name. Extended "dance
> version"
> > >> >five-letter acronym aside, we'll continue to provide the same
coverage
> > >we've
> > >> >been dishing out for the last nine years, plus even more. And for
> those
> > >of
> > >> >you who wonder why we didn't opt for Shannon Knows HPS, it turns out
> that
> > >> >HPS is the acronym for Hewlett Packard Services! Thanks to a senior
> > >Compaq
> > >> >manager for pointing out this potential gaffe to us!
> > >> >
> > >> >--
> > >> >Terry C. Shannon
> > >> >Consultant and Publisher
> > >> >Shannon Knows HPC
> > >> >PLEASE NOTE MY *NEW* EMAIL ADDRESS
> > >> >email: [log in to unmask]
> > >> >Web (info on SKC):  www.openvms.org, www.tru64.org
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

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