"Wayne R. Boyer" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:a6op8j0kq2@enews2.newsguy.com...
> In a message dated 3/13/02 9:59:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > HP argues that the deal will create a one-stop-shopping technology source
> > that can compete with International Business Machines Corp.
> >
> >
>
> Hello?  I was running around doing errands today and just glanced at my
> mail... Once again I have the nice monthly Dell marketing brochure in my
> mail...  Dell is a far more serious competitive threat to HP and/or Compaq
> than IBM is.  Other than providing Dell with a fatter, slower moving target,
> how the merger helps in the competitive PC world I don't know.

It doesn't - but that's not the only world HP (and IBM) play in.
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Greg Cagle
gregc at gregcagle dot com

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