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Technology Stocks : Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
HPQ 25.88-0.2%3:59 PM EST
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To: Lynn who wrote (79)5/7/2002 11:36:18 AM
From: Dave B  Read Replies (1) of 4345
 
Lynn,

Also...

1. Kirk ended one of his postings to me with, "Welcome to HP!" This is the only statement of welcome I have seen by any ex-HWP shareholder to ex-CPQ shareholders. No HWP shareholder came over to the CPQ thread when it was known the merger was a done-deal and invited us over to the HWP thread (with some kind of statement that SI would be requested to change the stock symbol to HPQ *and* the subject line "Hewlett Packard" to the correct corporate name "Hewlett-Packard").


But from your message #44 ( Message 17430513 )

Edit: Actually, Dave, we had a few discussions over on the old CPQ thread about retaining the CPQ or all joining the existing HWP thread at the merger. The symbols change clinched it for many of us. Neither existing thread was the right place to go.

Apparently the CPQ folks made a unilateral decision to start a new thread without bothering to mention it to the HWP thread. Not a very nice "let's all be friends" move.

My original post to this thread was an attempt to understand why you did this, rather than join the HWP family thread. Since then, I've been told that this is a "takeunder" and have seen other statements that the merged company is really going to be a CPQ company. My response was simply that if the the CPQ employees (and other than Piotr, I have no idea if you guys are employees or not) act with this belief, then the merger will fail.

Take it FWIW,

Dave
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