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To: John Koligman who wrote (54331)	3/21/1999 4:43:00 PM
From: Kenya AA	Respond to of 97611

Well John, my views on marriage have always been quite liberal. I think that living with someone for a while before actually tying the legal knot is the smart way to go, so a virtual corporation works just fine for me - kind of like a "trial marriage." Less red tape, too. K

To: John Koligman who wrote (54331)	3/21/1999 5:51:00 PM
From: rupert1	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

John: I think this DELL/IBM merger or virtual merger is the product of over-heated imagination. I know Sunday is a slow-news day, but really! If the real or virtual merger of two of its competitors ever occured, COMPAQ would not, necessarily lose market share, slow its growth or reduce its profits. The opposite might happen. But I find the story so silly that I wont even bother listing all the preventative or reactive measures a CPQ could take to any change in the competitive environment.