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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (78353)	11/11/1998 10:06:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

Mary many thanks for your thoughts. I wonder why this guy EP scares you? It is quite justifiable if you are a CPQ shareholder.If he is going to 'destroy' anything it will be the company not much else. He used to be the Head of CPQ's European operations (I think) before he came to Houston as the CEO. As for a sense of humor, what do you expect he is German.<vbg> Now emulating the honoarable Senator,I would like to say -'I know Gerstner,he is a friend of mine and Pfeiffer is no Gersnter.'

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (78353)	11/11/1998 11:08:00 PM
From: Mazman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Mary, Did you see the this evening's interview w/ Pfeiffer on Nightly Business Review? Empty answers to cream puff questions. Pfeiffer's comments were so vague that I was wishing that one of the Dell experts from this thread could have been there to do some tougher follow ups and make him squirm a bit. I guess he'll squirm enough tomorrow after he see's Dell's latest figures on market share. regards, mazman

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (78353)	11/12/1998 5:02:00 AM
From: Uncle Frank	Respond to of 176387

Mary, You wrote How did he (Eckhard Pfeiffer) get to where he is now - anybody know? Eckhard's degree is in Finance. He became a star in TI's semiconductor sales organization, and got tapped to run their European Consumer Division in the mid 70's. I worked for him in 1978, and found him to be ambitious and intense, but also to have a great deal of integrity. He was a straight shooter, with an immense capacity for work, and his management style was consensus building. When TI didn't fulfill their promise to become a factor in the PC business, which he had championed, he moved to Compaq. As I understand it, he was the major player in convincing them to move into the low end, which had not been their traditional market. I'm sure he wants to make Compaq the industry leader, and I don't like his TV persona either, but I don't see him as scary. IMO he's too smart to kill the market to gain share; he saw the futility of that strategy in the semiconductor business <g>. I think he may be prone to biting off more than he can chew, which is apparent based on integration of the Tandem and DEC acquisitions so far. Frank