Couldn't help but think after reading Ben's note: If we learn nothing from history, we are doomed to repeat it. Or something like that. Can anyone here enlighten us with a merger such as this that DID work? And to reiterate the obvious, the Compaq assimilation of DEC did NOT work. Dave... "Ben Myers" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:3cd14eee.7021958@news.charter.net... > Well, whatever you call the newsletter, it should prove to be an interesting > chronicle of the on-going soap opera of one set of related mergers in the > computer industry. I lived thru one failed merger on a vastly smaller scale: > Honeywell, GE and Groupe Bull. What always seems to be missing in a merger is a > clear vision and strategic direction, because executives are too busy fighting > for their own corporate lives to think clearly. The blood and carnage of HPaq > employees will be considerable once the wheels of this merger get turning. > > ... Ben Myers > > On Wed, 01 May 2002 14:39:39 GMT, "Terry C. Shannon" <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > >Another year, another name change. We at Shannon Knows DEC, Shannon Knows > >Distributed Enterprise Computing, Shannon Knows Compaq, and now Shannon > >Knows HPC are getting used to the good old name game. And we hope that you > >Constant Readers will take the latest name change in stride. Here's the > >deal: Shannon Knows Compaq has withstood the rigors of two name changes plus > >the economic angst of the thermonuclear winter incited by a wholesale > >dot-com bombing. Acting on the news yesterday that the Delaware Chancery > >Court has given Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq a go-ahead, SKC has > >changed its name to Shannon Knows High Performance Computing. HP, of course, > >can be construed as High Performance or Hewlett-Packard, which, > >post-acquisition, will be Numero Uno in the High Performance Computing > >arena. In the interest of brevity-plus a desire to coin a new five-letter > >acronym-we'll now operate under the SKHPC name. Extended "dance version" > >five-letter acronym aside, we'll continue to provide the same coverage we've > >been dishing out for the last nine years, plus even more. And for those of > >you who wonder why we didn't opt for Shannon Knows HPS, it turns out that > >HPS is the acronym for Hewlett Packard Services! Thanks to a senior Compaq > >manager for pointing out this potential gaffe to us! > > > >-- > >Terry C. Shannon > >Consultant and Publisher > >Shannon Knows HPC > >PLEASE NOTE MY *NEW* EMAIL ADDRESS > >email: [log in to unmask] > >Web (info on SKC): www.openvms.org, www.tru64.org > > > > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *