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HP/Compaq Merger Apparently Approved

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gobble-gobble-gobble dept.

Spinality writes "Looks like HP's hotly contested merger with Compaq is going ahead. Various news headlines such as this one at Bloomberg.com report that stockholders voted to merge, against the wishes of the Hewlett and Packard families. " There isn't official word yet, but this looks like it's pretty much a done deal. Anyone else think the business world looks like a game of Pac Man?

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  1. First Post from Compaq by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wasting Compaq's bandwith to troll /. in a Compaq-related forum. What a life. I guarantee I get laid off first.

    1. Re:First Post from Compaq by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I will take you up on that. I'm going to get laid off first.

  2. Sad day ... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

    1. Re:Sad day ... Stephen King dead at 54 by joel8x · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Wasn't he dead at 54 last year too?

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      Sound waves should be free!
    2. Re:Sad day ... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Look Stephen, this is no place to promote your work. We're trying to have a serious discussion about something we know nothing about yet.

    3. Re:Sad day ... Stephen King dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      God damn it, and he didn't finish the Gunslinger series yet, that bastard. I told him to write faster, but nooooo.

  3. If he cant leap it in a single bound... by xo3k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Look!
    Up in the sky.
    It's a bird.
    It's a plane.
    NO!
    It's Charles A. James!
    Antitrust man!

  4. Re:No, Carly ANNOUNCED approval... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yah, Al Gore did the same thing. HAHAHAAAH!!!!!!

  5. Rich get richer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wonder how long parasite Carly will be there now that she won her little battle and gets to line her pockets with the booty?

    At least Compaq is gone now... good riddance.

  6. Don't cut the old skool soldiers short. by Kibo · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    My grampa kicks your grampas ass.

    We got him and grandma a nice little compaq to surf the internet with. Inside of a year not only was he installing peripherals, and software, but adding ram on his own. Sure I get like a call a month, and sure I get all kinds of "interesting web site" clippings from their local paper sent to me. But it's really satisfiying to see...err hear them getting so much enjoyment out of it. I didn't think they'd do a tenth of the stuff they've done with it.

    That will certainly teach me to underestimate MY grandparents, perhaps yours have a similar lesson in store for you.

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    --Jimmy has fancy plans; and pants to match.