Anyone have a stock certificate from COMPAQ they want give away or sell
cheap? I need one for my collection and a HP would be nice also. I will
frame them and put up with the others. Thanks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Erlacher" <edick_at_idcomm.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: Destruction of DEC
> That appears to be what is happening at HP. They did something even
stupider
> when they bought up Apollo in the mid-'80's and learned quite quickly
that CAE
> was not a realm they should be attempting to capture. It is a really
> attractive field because of the numbers, but once one learns about the
profit
> margin, one backs off, as they did within a year. That left a number
of
> companies high and dry, since HP, and they, realized that HP couldn't
support
> the products they'd sold, no matter how much money they threw at it.
>
> The PC business is one where DEC didn't fit, and where HP doesn't fit
either.
> HP's already learned they can't compete with SUN, so they're probably
headed
> for a big fall here. Of course that "queen-bee" that ramrodded this
> acquisition by the board and perhaps by the stockholders as well, has
her
> sights set on unseating IBM, and while IBM's not the great power it
once was,
> mainly because a huge company can't compete over the long term in this
market,
> IBM's gotten some valuable experience over the couple of decades
they've been
> in the business, that HP hasn't got yet.
>
> I don't think Compaq has much to contribute to the mix, having
endeavored,
> successfully, to outlive their market. They'll probably take HP down
with
> them.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: Destruction of DEC
>
>
> >
> > What ought to happen to these asswipes should be what
> > happened to the company I used to work for:
> >
> > The 'aggressor' company purchased a competitor, but
> > by so doing, bit off *way* more than it could chew,
> > incurring hevy debtload and ensuing layoffs.
> >
> > The whole bloody mess will be in bankruptcy court
> > before the year is out.
> >
> > Serves 'em both right . . . .
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 17:00:05 -0700 "Richard Erlacher"
<edick_at_idcomm.com>
> > writes:
> > > It's more a question of whether Compaq will do to HP what DEC did
to
> > > Compaq.
> > > In either case, I'm glad I don' t hold any HP stock.
> > >
> > > Dick
> > >
> >
> >
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Received on Wed Mar 20 2002 - 20:41:32 GMT