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To: harkenman who wrote (63603)	6/18/1999 9:51:00 AM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Chicken Little...... thanks for the advice, but I'll probably hold. You can crawl back into the woodwork now. El

To: harkenman who wrote (63603)	6/18/1999 9:51:00 AM
From: Steven N	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

happy mothers day sn

To: harkenman who wrote (63603)	6/18/1999 10:45:00 AM
From: louis mason	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Looks like this company is trying to be more like Dell. Funny- i remember some idiots in here a few months ago claiming that the two companies could not be compared because CPQ had little use for the home sales market PC's... nice call! "Friday June 18 1:22 AM ET Compaq To Post Loss, Cut Jobs, Stock Volatile By Denise Duclaux NEW YORK (Reuters) - Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ - news) Thursday warned of a second-quarter loss as pricing pressures slammed its business, but the world's biggest personal computer maker unveiled a restructuring plan that included job cuts and heavy investments in Internet and telephone sales. Compaq's share price tumbled then recovered as investors tried to digest news of the unexpected loss and the promise of a leaner computer giant. Shares of Compaq have fallen more than 50 percent this year as the Houston-based company shocked Wall Street with a slack first quarter and a string of executive departures. "This is absolutely a ship in a storm without a captain,'' said James Meyer, an analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott Inc., a Philadelphia brokerage firm." lmason