Merger creates $87 billion entity; firms expect $2.5 billion savings in product, employee consolidations HP took the biggest bite of another firm in the company's history today, announcing it will take over PC and server maker Compaq Computer in a $25 billion deal. Members of both companies' boards of directors have agreed to the merger. The remaining company will be called Hewlett-Packard - but the group that includes e3000 operations will be led by Compaq's executive vice president of sales and services, Peter Blackmore. -- Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief The 3000 NewsWire Independent Information to Maximize Your HP 3000 http://www.3000newswire.com 512.331.0075 -- [log in to unmask] * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *