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To: hpeace who wrote (29014)	2/1/1998 7:25:00 PM
From: Patrick E.McDaniel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Steve, I guess I should have explained myself better. When trying to decide if Dell should buy out another company I am trying to understand the Compaq/DEC deal. I am strickly talking from a financial perspective. In terms of damages to Compaq's financial balance sheet there had to be a cost either in terms of increased shares thus reducing earnings per share or in terms of cash not earning interest. DEC didn't just hand over the company so I am assuming there was a price paid for the merger and it was paid by Compaq. Thanks, Pat