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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (3849)	12/14/2001 12:25:02 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4722

>> This guy at The Zoo reflects my opinion Elwood, you sure picked a strange spokesman. Both his screen name and his analysis suggest he's not a person to be taken seriously. Attempts to trivialize the position of the trusts as the actions of spoiled rich kids is low level ad hominem argument, and ignores the fact that the foundations employ teams of qualified professionals to safeguard their long term interests. uf

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (3849)	12/14/2001 12:43:45 PM
From: William Partmann	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4722

Elwood, hell you own cpq, of course you want the merger to happen. It's been a bad company for years. If the merger to through, you get a little bonus for your investment and then you can get out. HP in turn inherits a can of worms with no easy way to integrate it.

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (3849)	12/14/2001 4:41:00 PM
From: Dave B	Respond to of 4722

Elwood, HWP cannot afford to lose the Board of Directors and CEO. It would cost it another year at least and would never recover. Based on the history of mergers out there, the alternative is that it takes three years to digest the merger, and HP never recovers. A fine example of what major acquisitions can do to a company is CPQ itself. It spent so much time trying to digest Tandem and DEC that it lost focus, direction, and marekt share. And now,. according to Carly, a lot of the same executives who messed up CPQ will be in positions of power at HP. Sounds like a recipe for failure. Dave