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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (95249)	2/14/2002 8:09:20 PM
From: Jerome	Respond to of 97611

Forbes...more rubbish for grist mill.... Instead of carrying on about ability to communicate there should have been something about the ability to listen. Carly is saying the same things now that she said when the merger was announced. That...Cpq's strengths pay into HWP weaknesses. But some have been so opposed to the merger that they just failed to listen what was being said. If ML says the merger is likely to go through, then its probably on solid ground. Of course you have to understand that ML also was high on Enron...:) I think that there is a lot of copycat reporting. Very few original ideas. A number of SI posters are far better writers and have more tech analytical skills than do most reporters. Silly Wally is looking sillier every day. He may have his defenders with the HWP crowd, but with them original thinking died with the company founders. Regards, Jerome

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (95249)	2/14/2002 8:24:54 PM
From: Tomcat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Has there been any discussion on this thread as to why Michael Capellas went looking for HP to buy CPQ? It seems that CPQ could finally be getting into shape after digesting DEC. But MC must have felt otherwise to have approached HP. I was inclined to be against the merger, thinking CPQ is looking better, but MC must not be so confident considering he went looking for HP. Therefore, I think I will vote my measly shares for the merger. If it goes through I hope they can quickly cut out the redundant operations.