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To: FJB who wrote (23251)	1/26/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Pravin Kamdar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Steve & Bob, Compaq purchased DEC for their established infrastructure for worldwide enterprise level sales, service, and support. They didn't want to take the time to build it up on their own. Pravin.

To: FJB who wrote (23251)	1/26/1998 4:00:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Respond to of 33344

Bob G. I agree there has to be something more to this.. I mean let's look at the total costs.. First you have the $9.6B up front.. OUCH.. then add to that the money you lose in interest on that $9.6b and then add the time to integrate the companies (at least $2b worth) and the cash for lay-offs, buy-outs, early retirement, etc... lawyers bills, etc.. very messy.. I don't get it.. It would be nice if CPQ made the EV6 waidely avilable and "Free" but you have to wonder if they would want to keep it for themselves? Steve Cyrix/NSM Rule!

To: FJB who wrote (23251)	1/29/1998 8:49:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

Cross licenses typically remain intact if the company is sold - otherwise the value of the cross license would be limited. Of course,. the specifics of the agreement could be anything the two parties wanted it to be. The exact nature of the agreement DEC had with Intel, including what access they have to new technology, including the Merced, could determine a significant amount of value in the buy-out. The next major shift in the server, worstation and large platform markets are likely to be due to the Merced that will start coming out next year. This is supposed to have truer symetrical scaling capability, unlike the Petntium/X86 architecture. Very powerful systems with up to 8 uPs are supposed to be in the works. Can someone suggest the best current brands and source(s) for and M2 + motherboard? I've used VXPro mbs up to 75 MHz but have not fooled around much trying to go to 83 MHz or to overclock the parts.