[rescue] This Just In: HP to buy Compaq

[Dave McGuire]

On September 4, Fogg, James wrote:
> I wonder if Compaq is really worth $25B, I mean, what do they really have
> besides a name? PC stuff changes daily, so don't count on something PC-ish
> holding its value. DEC is adios, so I don't know if its really worth much
> now that Compaq has contaminated the DEC culture and engineering.

  I dunno...the Presidency got bought, and it still exists.
Bought != shut down.

> Didn't they aquire SCO Unix? Isn't that as dead as DEC now?

  SCO is widely used in industries other than ours, particularly
telecom.  I have no idea why.  Telecom people are weird anyway.

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD