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To: Yousef who wrote (28111)	7/10/1998 5:22:00 AM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33344

Yousef, if CPQ has no "strategic core technical competencies" then what do you make of the Alpha and the world's #1 non-stop computers. Not to mention ~3,000 tech support personnel. Craig

To: Yousef who wrote (28111)	7/10/1998 10:37:00 AM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Yousef, No I think you are really the one who doesn't know wha tyouare talking about no "strategic core technical competencies" ... Sure there Yousef.. and Digital never had any either.. CPQ now has experts in design of high bus speed motherboards, fast memory subsystems, CPU architects, storage experts, what else do you want? IBM and HWP have "real" R&D that will allow them to provide the "high performance" solutions. See above.. I happen to have to deal with both HWP and IBM.. IBM is the much better company. HWP is about 5th on my list of companies I would consider to be "top of the line" (beaten out by: IBM, CPQ, DELL, SUNW, in no particular order). Compaq will have to compete against the likes of DELL So do IBM and HWP.. don't see you saying either of them are doomed. Steve