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To: Lee Martin who wrote (2769)	1/5/1998 6:58:00 AM
From: LWolf	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4074

There's an article in today's (1/5/98) WSJ Interactive Edition on Compaq that mentions Micron. Evidently Compaq had been looking at Micron a while ago. The article doesn't say if they've decided on a company to purchase. "In 1995, Compaq discussed buying Digital Equipment Corp. but couldn't come to terms. Mr. Pfeiffer says it also spent several weekends looking at Apple Computer Corp. that year. More recently, Compaq talked with both Gateway 2000 Inc. and Micron Electronics Inc., hoping to acquire their low-cost, build-to-order PC businesses. Many on Wall Street believe Digital Equipment remains a possibility, because it has a sizable service business, and a standstill agreement between the firms just expired. Mr. Pfeiffer declines to talk about Digital, though he says Compaq doesn't need to emulate IBM or Digital to finish climbing to the top". interactive5.wsj.com (you need subscription to view full story) L. Wolf