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To: Captain Jack who wrote (79249)	3/8/2000 11:08:00 PM
From: Nouveau_Riche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Jack, All kidding aside, I think Andreas' point is right on: >>Maybe there will be a day when cpq is again a favored >>stock - but as of now the institutions are staying away. >>Still at 42% institutional ownership - down from 75% - 80% >>2 1/2 years ago. No stock can sustain gains without the >>support of institutional buying. That in a nutshell is one >>of the major reasons this stock keeps drifting back down >>after a small upward move. Compaq's IR/PR department gets an 'F' for creating and driving investor perception. The company needs to stop just talking about the internet and appliances and begin to take IDC's numbers and make some bold predictions as to how the trends will drive the bottom line in the next few years. Of course they have to execute in the short term as well, but they need to drive investor perception about the future NOW. They either don't know what to expect, have no confidence in themselves, or don't know how to communicate to investors what it is they believe about their future business as a result of the trends.