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To: KAD who wrote (15946)	2/1/1998 4:37:00 PM
From: Loki	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

KAD... The Bruce Francis CNBC interview on Monday. It was mentioned that this merger will make them the #2 computer company behind IBM. Loki

To: KAD who wrote (15946)	2/1/1998 4:59:00 PM
From: hpeace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

this is the only official statement I found, the logial conclusion would be for pfief to say they want to become the number 2 and then the number 1. BOSTON (AP) - Compaq Computer Corp. has agreed to buy Digital Equipment Corp. for $9.6 billion in a deal that creates a new computer powerhouse, from selling consumer PCs to networked business machines. Compaq already is the world's biggest maker of PCs but has said it wants to be among the three largest computer manufacturers overall by the turn of the century by expanding into powerful business machines.