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To: Night Writer who wrote (77471)	2/4/2000 12:31:00 PM
From: Nouveau_Riche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

It's still out there... Subject 2352 "Early this morning, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP - news) and Compaq (NYSE:CPQ - news) were rumored to be in merger talks, and HP had the biggest gain among Dow stocks gaining $4.25 to $117.75. "

To: Night Writer who wrote (77471)	2/4/2000 1:54:00 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

NW -- lets hope CPQ can get a piece of the following as HP got Ford,, besides it gets too quiet around here when the DOW, NAS, & S&P are up while CPQ goes DOWN,,, NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc. <DAL.N> on Friday became the latest major U.S. company to offer subsidized personal computers and Internet access to all its employees, a day after automaker Ford Motor Co. <F.N> announced a similar program. Delta said it would offer its 72,000 employees consumer PCs for $12 a month over 36 months. The PCs would include a monitor, keyboard, mouse, software and free Web access and would provide direct access to Delta's internal corporate computer network. Delta spokesman John Kennedy said its "Wired Workforce" program would "pave the way for a wired workforce with every Delta employee having the ability to connect to their company electronically." While the move could be seen as threat to the traditional cultural boundaries separating worklife and homelife, Kennedy said working remotely from home would be a voluntary option, not a requirement. "There is no expectation that people will work from home," he told Reuters in a phone interview. On Thursday, Ford said it would give its 350,000 employees free Hewlett-Packard Co. <HWP.N> PCs and printers, as well as Internet access for a cut-rate monthly fee of $5. PeoplePC Inc. of San Francisco will manage the program for Delta and Ford. The Delta subsidy program marks a substantial discount to the $24.95 PeoplePC typically charges to other customers as part of a package when they buy PCs and no printer. PeoplePC has yet to determine which PC maker would supply the equipment as part of the Delta program. A spokeswoman for PeoplePC said Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computer Corp. <CPQ.N>, International Business Machines Corp. <IBM.N> and Toshiba Corp. <6502.T> were under consideration. A news conference was planned for 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) on Friday in a hangar at Delta's headquarters where Leo Mullin, Delta chairman and chief executive, Nick Grouf, PeoplePC's chairman and chief executive, were scheduled to speak. ((-- Simon Hirschfeld, New York newsdesk, 212-859-1974)) REUTERS * end of story * (REUTERS) Delta joins move to equip employees with home PCs Delta joins move to equip employees with home PCs NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc. <DAL.N> on Friday became the latest major U.S. company to offer subsidized personal computers and Internet access to all its employees, a day after automaker Ford Motor Co. <F.N> announced a similar program. Delta said it would offer its 72,000 employees consumer PCs for $12 a month over 36 months. The PCs would include a monitor, keyboard, mouse, software and free Web access and would provide direct access to Delta's internal corporate computer network. Delta spokesman John Kennedy said its "Wired Workforce" program would "pave the way for a wired workforce with every Delta employee having the ability to connect to their company electronically." While the move could be seen as threat to the traditional cultural boundaries separating worklife and homelife, Kennedy said working remotely from home would be a voluntary option, not a requirement. "There is no expectation that people will work from home," he told Reuters in a phone interview. On Thursday, Ford said it would give its 350,000 employees free Hewlett-Packard Co. <HWP.N> PCs and printers, as well as Internet access for a cut-rate monthly fee of $5. PeoplePC Inc. of San Francisco will manage the program for Delta and Ford. The Delta subsidy program marks a substantial discount to the $24.95 PeoplePC typically charges to other customers as part of a package when they buy PCs and no printer. PeoplePC has yet to determine which PC maker would supply the equipment as part of the Delta program. A spokeswoman for PeoplePC said Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computer Corp. <CPQ.N>, International Business Machines Corp. <IBM.N> and Toshiba Corp. <6502.T> were under consideration. A news conference was planned for 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) on Friday in a hangar at Delta's headquarters where Leo Mullin, Delta chairman and chief executive, Nick Grouf, PeoplePC's chairman and chief executive, were scheduled to speak. ((-- Simon Hirschfeld, New York newsdesk, 212-859-1974)) REUTERS * end of story *