Author: JT Smith
From The Industry Standard: “Up to now, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq
Computer, which announced plans to merge on
Sept. 3, have had little luck keeping pace with
Dell, whose lean direct-sales model has made it
the low-cost PC producer. Becoming more
competitive will be among their biggest
challenges as they try to convince a skeptical Wall Street their proposed
$17 billion merger, which the companies got back to work on after a week of
helping customers disrupted by terrorist attacks against U.S. targets last
week, will pay off.”
Computer, which announced plans to merge on
Sept. 3, have had little luck keeping pace with
Dell, whose lean direct-sales model has made it
the low-cost PC producer. Becoming more
competitive will be among their biggest
challenges as they try to convince a skeptical Wall Street their proposed
$17 billion merger, which the companies got back to work on after a week of
helping customers disrupted by terrorist attacks against U.S. targets last
week, will pay off.”
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