RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal

[Andrew Baker]

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Agreed.     - ASB   -----Original Message----- From: xylog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:44 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal I have been through several mergers of large/Fortune 100 corperations (Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank/Paine Webber and Kitter Peabody) and can speak from experience when I say that ther will be large cuts in the workforce of both companies to eliminate redundant functions. It is just common sense to cut costs by combining, wherever possible, duplicated functions. Where these cuts will occur is a matter of speculation, but you can be sure since HP has controlling interests they will generally get preferential treatment.   xylog   -----Original Message----- From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 1:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal   It's not a merger? You'd better learn big business.  It's a merger, and don't expect to see too many changes too quickly.  Compaq was already making big time changes in it's product line before this even happened.  HP was planning on getting out of the PC business anyways.  A name change could happen, but who knows?  I don't appreciate the naive comment anyhoo... You saying it's not a merger is naive...   -----Original Message----- From: xylog [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Except its not a merger. HP purchsed compaq. HP's management now controls the Compaq's destiny. What this means is that HP will, in order to cut costs, eliminate all possible redundant functions.I agree it is a good merger, but it is very naïve to expect nothing to change.   xylog   -----Original Message----- From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal   I don't think there will be duplicate positions.  I expect them to continue to function as 2 seperate companies.  Compaq's name is much bigger than HP, especially in the server market.  I think HP just wanted a bigger piece of the PC and Server pie, and Compaq wanted the financial backing of HP's dominance in the peripheral and printer market.  It's a good merger. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Underwood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HP to Acquire Compaq in $25B Deal Interesting articles at www.infoworld.com: 1.      HP, Compaq target enterprise, services markets in $25 billion acquisition 2.      Merger highlights role of HP's Fiorina While the merger may not guarantee an improvement in sales/performance, does anyone see a downside to the merger (other than HP/Compaq employees who will lose their job when duplicate positions are eliminated)?   Do you expect the merger to provide better products and services? Best Regards, JMU http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ntsysadmin_list_charter.htm