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To: PCSS who wrote (96649)	3/28/2002 5:44:13 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

What a fine pickle we are in now Ollie! This article supports my thought process. Carly might have won without the financial leverage. She gave WW an opening to file the lawsuit when she used financial leverage. There is no difference between financial leverage and blackmail. Message 17258209

To: PCSS who wrote (96649)	3/28/2002 8:10:12 PM
From: sheila rothstein	Respond to of 97611

Hi PCSS, Carly did an excellent job in defending, getting support and getting the merger passed. In the business world ya gotta do whatever it takes to win. Bravo for her! WW is a sore loser. Instead of licking his wounds and going back to writing music he's getting involved in litigation (which he knows nothing about) and wasting more of his inherited fortune. Typical of second generation; they never earned the money so why not squander it...What WW needs is a years supply of Prozac and a good psychiatrist. His tactics will delay the marriage of the two co's but it passed and a month or two delay will not matter in the long run. SR

To: PCSS who wrote (96649)	3/29/2002 6:58:28 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

In today's SF Chron... by: fiats3 03/29/02 05:54 pm Msg: 115740 of 115749 "Proving that HP cut a deal with the bank or did anything illegal would be an uphill battle, legal experts said. "If there was a clear-cut quid pro quo, of course, it would be illegal," said Tom Briggs, a Texas corporate governance attorney. "But how are you going to get there? It's just going to be hard without having somebody doing something spectacularly stupid" -- such as putting any alleged agreement in writing. But Hewlett may be able to build a case with the help of an HP or Deutsche Bank insider, experts added. "A whistle-blower would obviously be strong evidence," said Craig Tompkins, a Los Angeles attorney who has been involved in many proxy contests. "Of course, HP or Deutsche Bank would try to discredit that witness as a disgruntled employee." Although an insider's testimony could be challenged as hearsay, Larry Hamermesh, a professor of law at Widener University in Delaware, underscored the "value of the whistle-blower who knows where the documents are" and other important information. It's unclear from the lawsuit if Hewlett had gathered enough insider information to prove his allegations. His representatives declined to comment yesterday." So, show of hands please. Anyone want to step up and be the crucial 'whistleblower'? Want to be depositioned by a army of country's top corporate lawyers and grilled for weeks, being asked the same set of questions over and over? Want to have ALL of your 'dirty laundry' exposed to the world? Have every background check known to man performed on you AND your family members? Who has the guts, anyone? All I know that no one at HP does..that's for sure. Imageine your name and Walter's forever linked in HP infamy. If you're so upset, let's see you go for it. I dare you.

To: PCSS who wrote (96649)	3/30/2002 3:36:20 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Respond to of 97611

iPAQ lauded in Orlando Sentinel(excerpt by: skeptically 03/30/02 02:45 pm Msg: 279287 of 279288 newsalert.com na-search-&StoryTitle=compaq March 30, 2002 03:10 The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Cyberscene Column By Chris Cobbs, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. >>Compaq's iPaq, easily the most popular and influential model using Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system, boasts a growing range of peripherals and attachments adding to its utility. Cell phones equipped with Bluetooth can talk to iPaqs, letting the cell phone function as an Internet gateway. Viewing Web pages on a color screen like the iPaq's is superior to the cell phone surfing experience because the PDA screen is larger and more vivid. Compaq also showed off a collapsible keyboard, small enough for a purse or pocket. The keyboard, which unfolds to nearly desktop size dimensions, is reminiscent of IBM's old "Butterfly" keyboard, whose pieces spread out like a butterfly when the lid was opened. Still more neat add-ons for the iPaq included a ruggedized cover, a clip-on camera and an adapter that turns the PDA into a TV. The untethered era looks like it's going to be fun as well as practical. Chris Cobbs welcomes your questions and comments. Phone: 407-420-5447. Mail: Orlando Sentinel, 633 N. Orange Ave., MP 240, Orlando, FL., 32801. E-mail: ccobbs@orlandosentinel.com. <