This extract from the article that Wirt posted says it all and is the most important point made: "The only reason for making a big strategic move like this is to gain leadership," said Michael D. Capellas, the former chief executive of Compaq, who is now president and chief operating officer of Hewlett-Packard. The Hewlett-Packard strategy is to become the leading supplier of industry-standard technology to corporate data centers. Industry standard computing typically means the technology of personal computing -- Microsoft's Windows operating system or the Linux operating system, running on Intel microprocessors. ************************ HP "INVENT" and innovation -- indeed! * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *