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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