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Re: NYTimes.com Article: For a Hewlett, Merger Raises a Basic Fea r
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Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:33:16 -0800
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<big snip; thanks for the article, Tom>

>The strategy behind the merger is for Hewlett-Packard to be
>the lower- cost alternative to I.B.M. in big corporate accounts.

That was the strategy when HP invented MPE, which just happened ;-) to run
IBM JCL.  Might be a good strategy today, had HP not decided to pull the rug
from under these MPE-loyal ex-IBMers.  IBM looks better all the time.

Tracy Pierce

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