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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (49785)	4/10/1999 10:17:00 PM
From: 16yearcycle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

No idea. I do know that I would be better off if CPQ ceased to exist. I am not short, just tired of collateral damage by these companies that are running on three cylinders. I made my first really big tech killing with EP at the helm, after they got rid of Canion. I should be grateful but they need to go away or the market needs to realize they are becoming like Motorola, or HP the last couple years. Who cares if they miss.

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (49785)	4/11/1999 1:22:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

re: Do you have any idea whether Compaq has been able to benefit from the Digital Equip buy ? I haven't seen any effect yet. Is it coming or just not there ? I think that depends on what you were expecting. When cpq made the digital and Tandem acquiisions, it was already clear that the Dell model was changing the industry, and Dell was achieving their success with mfg automation and almost no engineering expenditures. Cpq ignored these trends and acquired 2 floundering high end companies with heavy engineering budgets, that each offered service and support - fine - but the market was telling them service and support didn't matter. The tandem and dec acquisitions would be like Barnes and Noble going out now and buying up Crown (assuming Crown still had a brand). It doesn't make any sense to acquire mature companies past their prime unless you want to make a Unisys or there is something specific you are after I think.