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3800>>>" I'd rather see HP take the billions they were planning onJerome-12/12/2001
3799Duke, <I>On the other hand General Motors has been pretty successful, whaDave B-12/12/2001
3798<i>"Mergers disrupt business operations for quite a long time. Bay NeThe Duke of URL©-12/12/2001
3797<I>I agree with you that Dell will eventually be unseated as well (or theyKirk ©-12/11/2001
3796Perry, <i>The cult worship of Dell . . . . Unfortunately, they will likelDave B-12/11/2001
3795<i>[cant acquire] a big services organization, but my strong opinion is thkumar-12/11/2001
3794Perry, <i>Why is consolidation needed? Too many companies competing forDave B-12/11/2001
3793Kirk, If this deal gets done it will only by both CEO's informing the undeciJerome-12/11/2001
3792<i>. . . corporations want complete solutions . . .</i> Yes, yes, aPerryA-12/11/2001
3791<i>A better approach would be to give the $675 million to the foundations kumar-12/11/2001
3790<i>If the company that has become the dominant player in the segment isn&#PerryA-12/11/2001
3789>>>Why is consolidation needed? <<< From what I have read, coJerome-12/11/2001
3788<i>Why not just let CPQ slide into oblivion and pick up the business afterPerryA-12/11/2001
3787<i>Mergers disrupt business operations for quite a long time.</i> TPerryA-12/11/2001
3786I have the highest respect for the children of Bill and Dave. Unlike the offsprKirk ©-12/11/2001
3785Jerome, while I understand (but not agree) with your position regarding the mergWilliam Partmann-12/11/2001
3784A better approach would be to give the $675 million to the foundations for theirJerome-12/11/2001
3783>>>Please tell me one deal that CPQ has done that has succeeded...<&Jerome-12/11/2001
3782Bob, <I>Dell, of course, would not want to be saddled with the costs and Dave B-12/11/2001
3781Actually, I thought GTW was a good buy for HWP for quite some time. For better BelowTheCrowd-12/11/2001
3780IMHO, paying $675M to walk away from a $24B disaster is worthwhile. cheers, kukumar-12/11/2001
3779<i>why isn't Dell or Gateway bidding for them as well?</i> DellOeconomicus-12/11/2001
3778Perry, <I>the computer industry needs consolidation and HWP/CPQ is a stepDave B-12/11/2001
3777You make a good point about key employees working on the integration issues. MyPerryA-12/11/2001
3776Hasn't CPQ has as much as admitted, as part of this mating dance, that theirCharles Tutt-12/11/2001
3775More dysfunctional than HP? ;-(Oeconomicus-12/11/2001
3774Just looking for an opportunity to make a buck, Bill. I prospered mightily fromUncle Frank-12/11/2001
3773UF what are you doing here? Not that your wit and intellect are unwanted. BillWilliam Partmann-12/11/2001
3772<<I'm long CPQ and like the financials and business plan of CPQ.>&gWilliam Partmann-12/11/2001
3771<i>CPQ will do fine without HWP </i> to each, their own opinion. fkumar-12/11/2001
3770Jerome, <i>Who gets to look silly in this matter???? 1)The foundations oDave B-12/11/2001
3769>> I look for balance sheet strength, free cash flow, book value,cash on hUncle Frank-12/11/2001
3768>>>What would lead you to that conclusion? <<< CPQ was doing Jerome-12/11/2001
3767That might have its own problems: Message 16772946 Charles Tutt (TM)Charles Tutt-12/11/2001
3766>> CPQ will do fine without HWP... What would lead you to that conclusionUncle Frank-12/11/2001
3765Are you saying that if HWP s/h's vote down the merger, CPQ does NOT get the rrufff-12/11/2001
3764I don't think the deal falling apart will cause the stock to soar. It has riOeconomicus-12/11/2001
3763I favor the deal because it is good for HWP and CPQ... I'm long CPQ and likJerome-12/11/2001
3762One clear "out" is to let the shareholders vote the deal down. The othOeconomicus-12/11/2001
3761It will never be paid. PS: I wonder... do you favor the deal because it is goodOeconomicus-12/11/2001
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