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Technology Stocks : Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
HPQ 25.920.0%2:07 PM EST
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To: Lynn who wrote (79)5/7/2002 10:31:55 AM
From: Kirk ©  Read Replies (2) of 4345
 
Good post.

My thinking is you fight a good fight, then when the battle is over, you move to the next battle or leave. I used to work at the Agilent part of HWP and so I belive "the real HP way" is still over there but I still have plenty of shares of the old HWP (now HPQ) and I thus follow the company.

At first I thought it was silly to have a thread just for a symbol change, but it seems to be that Carly has decided it was prudent to make Compaq workers feel welcome rather than just absorbed as if the BORG got 'em, so I "got with the program."

I fought a major losing battle inside HP in the early 1990's when they wanted to do drug testing of new hires. It went all the way to the top where Dave Packard was still on the board and our "team" made of an internal internet discussion group elected a single person to speak to Dave on it. He admitted he didn't understand drugs and said he would defer his decision to Dick Hackborn and that was that... so we moved on with no repercussions to our careers but we felt we fought a good fight and would do it again.

I bet Enron shareholders wish that Enron employees, ex-employees and stockholders could have felt comfortable voicing the same concerns that Walter voiced.

Walter's mistake was to sue them after losing the battle as this was similar to taking a "family matter" to the courts and trying the case in the National Enquirer.

Now, lets get the discussion over to why I should not sell a bunch of my stock now? Without CPQ, I saw HWP as a $25 to $30 stock in 2003 or 2004. Now with the merger, why should I expect HPQ to reach $25 or $30 by 2004?

regards
Kirk out
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