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Technology Stocks : Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: anatoly goldin who wrote (2854)	1/27/1998 8:31:00 PM
From: William L. Vu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3276

I disagree. HP and SUN just want to see DEC disappear. They do not want a merger with DEC. They are head to head competitor and thus there are no synergy for merging. The increase in combine revenue for such a merger is minimal. I have had a tough time trying to find another Computer company that may have the cash and the right match to merge with DEC. But today as I talk with other investors down at Schwab office, they did mention 1 other possible avenue. As Taiwan has Billions in US $dollar reserve, here is a good chance for them to buy a top Service / Enterprise Computer company for cheap. That left me thinking that a corporate raider may buy DEC for cheap, and then split, spin-off, and sell DEC for a lot more. Well then, who among us has about $3B in CASH and credit needed to pull this thing off?? :) Where is Carl Pickens (SP??) -- the famous corporate raider.??? Also, I ran into a post in Yahoo DEC thread that is very interesting: messages.yahoo.com@m2.yahoo.com The guy mentioned CPQ and DEC merger, and bought options just before the announcement.