Dennis wrote on his own, after quoting Carly :

> Shortly after merging HP/COMPAQ will become compact/HP as
> they drop popular
> server lines such as the HP e3000, VAX, etc.    quoting Carly
> ("through
> significant cost savings and operating efficiencies. In
> fact,we expect cost
> savings to
> reach more than $2.5 billion annually, ")

If we consider the merger to be worth approx. US$18bn, a US$2.5bn yearly
savings gives a 7-year ROI. That utterly long !!!! Do you want to gamble the
future development of your portfolio on 7-year projects ? Too long ! Most
modern tech companies have ROIs much shorter than 7 years !

Christian

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