so, as in math; two negatives make a positive....

But that doesn't compute with the hp/compaq merger equation.
  in this case two negative creates one BIG negative!

-----Original Message-----
From: David T Darnell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] HP Refuses to supply WINXP OS to PAvilion Owners


As far as standard components and compatability, HP and COMPAQ have had
slight proprietary differences from "standard"  (that really hacked me off)
ever since the 8088 was the hot processor. I remember that to transfer a
file from a COMPAQ to an HP, I had to format the (5-1/4) floppy on the HP,
write it on the COMPAQ, and read it on the HP. The HP would not read COMPAQ
formatted floppies (or was it the other way around.)

Point is, COMPAQ has always been a little non-standard, and so has HP, in
the PC realm. Is that a good indication of the future of Comlet-Hewpaq?

-dtd

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