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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (95911)	3/10/2002 3:01:30 PM
From: Suma	Respond to of 97611

I know that you think that CPQ will do better without the merger but and if I were to be a HWP stockholder, after receiving that letter I would vote against the deal. As a CPQ holder I voted yes... I think it will be defeated however, and am concerned that CPQ will crash badly. SUMA

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (95911)	3/11/2002 7:39:47 AM
From: PCSS	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

NY Times 3/11 Wierd Wally has 2 FULL page ads AGAINST the HWP/CPQ Merger - BOTH POWERFUL & UGLY Page 3 - HEADLINES .................DO NOT TRADE HP'S CROWN JEWEL IMAGING & PRINTING BUSINESS FOR COMPAQ'S LOW-MARGIN COMMODITY COMPUTING BUSINESS .................HP STOCKHOLDERS COULD REALIZE $14 to $17 MORE PER SHARE WITHOUT COMPAQ - WHICH COMPANY WOULD YOU RATHER OWN ? .................WHEN HP EMPLOYEES LOSE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR LEADER'S STRATEGY THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR SUCCESS PAGE 5 - HEADLINES .................HP HAS A BRIGHTER FUTURE WITHOUT COMPAQ ... JUST ASK THE EXPERTS (followed by quotes from CALPERS, ONTARIO TEACHERS PERNSION, DON YOUNG/UBS WARBURG, ZIFF-DAVIS SURVEY, WALTER WINNITSKI/FIRST-ALBANY, TONI SACCONAGHI/SANFORD-BERNSTIER, .. JIM SEYMOUR/PC-MAGAZINE) .................A $25 BILLION MISTAKE IS NOT THE HP WAY