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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (177753)	9/5/2001 2:40:12 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

A lot nicer place!

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (177753)	9/5/2001 2:56:43 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

WSJ Opinion Journal Best of the Web You'd think journalists who report on the technology business would know something about technology. But a Reuters dispatch on the proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq reports that H-P was "created in 1939 to make network testing equipment called oscilloscopes." Actually, as this company history notes, hp.com H-P's first products were oscillators, used to test sound equipment. Just what kind of "networks" does Reuters think people were testing in 1939, anyway? Eniac, the first electronic computer, didn't start going into service until 1944. biz.yahoo.com