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On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Ross, Matt wrote:
> Compaqs are still as worthless as ever. My friends who have the modern
> versions complain of the same problems I have with my 5 year old model.
> HP's I've never liked, but mostly because of their packaging. HP isn't as
> well known for good computers as they are for good peripherals, but with the
> aquisition of DEC, they'd have to have worked hard not to be good
> competition for IBM and Sun.
Um, actually it was Compaq that acquired Tandem and DEC. Some have argued
that their major problem in life was acquiring DEC, a company that had a
legendary history and an impressive reach throughout corporate
America...but which had been losing serious money for a long, long time.
Their masterstroke was trying to move from VMS on Alpha to NT on Alpha.
Words fail me.
jking
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