HP Buys Compaq 759
MaxVlast was the first to report: "The New York Times is reporting that HP is buying Compaq to form the second-largest computer company (after IBM). Wow."
If A = B and B = C, then A = C, except where void or prohibited by law. -- Roy Santoro
...so are they changing the corporate name to... (Score:5, Funny)
...c'mon, _someone_ was gonna say it...
oh no... (Score:5, Funny)
And in a suprise move... (Score:1, Funny)
TruHP Unix (Score:2, Funny)
I hope they won't rename OSF / Digital Unix / Tru64 again!
Late breaking News...This Just In.... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:...so are they changing the corporate name to.. (Score:2, Funny)
eep... (Score:2, Funny)
HP - Aquire (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hmm... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Will the new company be called HC... (Score:3, Funny)
What's next - Slashdot buys Microsoft? (Score:2, Funny)
Or did I get that backwards?
Ahhh a new owner of Visual Fortran (Score:2, Funny)
Digital Visual Fortran 5 begets
Compaq Visual Fortran 6 begets
HP Visual Fortran 7?
Re:Holy Cow (Score:1, Funny)
Fiorina is more than just your average exec... (Score:5, Funny)
Think about it. She did wonders at Lucent [time.com].
I think what is most important, what differentiates her from the other executives in the industry, is what she knows about this industry.
"Virtually all meaningful advancements in business, society, and life are not achieved through the boldy acts of a few, but the everyday acts of many."
Cut through the marketing fluff of that quote [hp.com] she made last year. And you see that she really does have a clue of what runs a company. What runs the whole industry. Truly, what has, and always will run this world.
Her degree is, if I remember correctly, not in information technology or business... But actually in medieval studies. What do we learn by studying history? The mistakes people have made, and hopefully we learn to not make them again.
She's a smart business person. She sees the mistakes Compaq has made with Digital and Tandem. She knows to not make those same mistakes again. And she knows that her job depends on not making any mistakes. The hp Board is patient, but they're not going to sit around for a decade, while she's pushing her sixties still trying to get hp back on track. Carly has a year at the most to prove that she can head this megaconglomerate. She knows how to streamline (see latest quarterly [hp.com] report).
If she can pull this off, I would have to credit her as the most successful executive in history. If not, she can move on over to Nevada and take up stripping.
Which do you think she's planning on, and working towards?
jrbd
Well, I know what needs to be said... (Score:2, Funny)
News headline from the future (Score:2, Funny)
Bill Gates has been quoted as saying "It was unfortunate that we were forced by the government to stop innovating new ways to increase our power, er,,, our product's quality. This measure is temporary, when the our current crop of congressmen are knocking on death's door, I'm sure that our stem cell research will provide us with a few bargaining chips to get laws passed that we agree with."
Re:Ravages of the new economy (Score:5, Funny)
my predictions for slashdot in 2010.
Re:More layoffs expected (Score:2, Funny)
hmmm (Score:2, Funny)
FINALLY, DECs at work :) (Score:2, Funny)
DEC was purchased by CompaQ
CompaQ was purchased by HP
We <LI>are in bed with</LI> have a strategic alliance with HP.
Now we can FINALLY get DEC servers