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Fri, 22 Feb 2002 17:04:22 -0500
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Exactly.

It's unfortunate that Walter H. threw out a plan of his own, because it
allowed Carly&Co. to debate the merits of their plan vs. Walter's, rather
than justifying their plan on its merits.

At 03:53 PM 2/22/2002 -0600, John Lee wrote:
>And a quote from said item:
>
>                   "Hewlett has tried to keep the fight focused on whether to
>                     approve the merger, while management has argued that
>                     investors needed to be presented with a clear and
>preferable
>                     alternative in order to vote against the deal."
>
>Why do I need to be presented with an alternative in order to vote against
>the merger?  Shouldn't we be voting on the merger based on its own merits,
>its projected profitability, its payback potential?  It almost strikes me
>as panic-stricken management..."we're not sure what to do but let's do
>something...let's throw money at something".

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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
313 N. 1st Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.northtech.com/

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