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To: per strandberg who wrote (55942)4/13/1999 10:13:00 PM
From: IceShark  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
Ho, ho ho. Those sneaky dogs. -g-



To: per strandberg who wrote (55942)4/13/1999 10:25:00 PM
From: Lucretius  Respond to of 132070
 
that was priceless.. I'm putting it into my "funny thing happened on the way to a Crash" scrapbook



To: per strandberg who wrote (55942)4/14/1999 4:29:00 AM
From: gnuman  Respond to of 132070
 
per s, And this was attributed to Platt last weeek. ;-)
Meanwhile, like a number of large PC companies, HP has been talking about devices beyond the personal computer. Platt has joined IBM CEO Lou Gerstner in declaring the "end of the PC era" and suggesting that more consumer-friendly devices will grow in popularity as Net access becomes more ubiquitous.

news.com



To: per strandberg who wrote (55942)4/14/1999 11:24:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin  Respond to of 132070
 
Per, Well, I have to change my previous "Hewlett doesn't lie like other pc companies" to Hewlett didn't lie when the old guard ran the co. <g> This guy may be cut from the Dell, Pfeifer, Gerstner whole cloth. However, at least the wiser heads corrected his "overexuberance."

It appears that, like everyone else, sales stink for them now but they are going to get better second half. <g>