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To: J Fieb who wrote (20493)	1/29/1999 8:58:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Respond to of 29386

Money is green. St. Patrick's day is green. Hitachi power tools are green but I don't know about their storage products.... gtr.com EDS's HDS stake is being purchased........... OKYO, Japan/SANTA CLARA, California, January 29, 1999—Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT ) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS) under which Hitachi will assume full ownership of Hitachi Data Systems Corp. (HDS). Terms were not disclosed. HDS is a joint venture formed by the two companies in 1989 to distribute, sell and service Hitachi's mainframe and storage product lines. HDS acquired National Advanced Systems, Inc. from National Semiconductor Corporation in 1989, and is based in Santa Clara, Calif. In making the announcement, Toshihiko Odaka, board director and group executive, Computer Products Group of Hitachi, Ltd., said, "The evolving nature of today's information systems marketplace dictated our action to assume full ownership of HDS. With this agreement, we are now in a position to strengthen and broaden the resources and product mix of HDS as a solution provider in North America." "We greatly value the relationships forged and the customers we have served in this joint venture," said Gary Moore, senior vice president of EDS and first president and CEO of HDS. "It has been a great pleasure and privilege to work with our colleagues at HDS on this project." EDS and Hitachi, Ltd. will continue the professional affiliations formed in other capacities. Hitachi, Ltd. will assume control of HDS no later than April 21, 1999. Jeff Heller, board member of HDS and EDS president and COO, and Gary Moore will both resign their posts at the time of the transaction. Hitachi Data Systems markets high-performance enterprise servers, storage systems, and professional services worldwide. HDS meets its customers' computing needs with the broadest line of the highest performance S/390®-compatible servers in the world, including the HDS Skyline Series™ and the HDS Pilot Series,™ as well as the Hitachi Freedom Storage subsystems which provide multiplatform support across S/390, UNIX,® and Windows NT environments. Owned by Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and Electronic Data Systems, (NYSE: EDS), HDS is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company employs 2,300 people and operates in 30 countries worldwide. For online information about HDS' products and services please access our products and services pages. Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading global electronics companies, with fiscal 1997 (ended March 31, 1998) consolidated sales of 8,417 billion yen ($63.8 billion*). The company manufactures and markets a wide range of products, including computers, semiconductors, consumer products and power and industrial equipment. For more information on Hitachi, Ltd., please visit Hitachi's Web site. Any other green ideas?