Buying DEC almost caused Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people) to choke to death.
Reaud (pronounced "Rio") had brought similar claims against Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people), looking for another killing.
Kaplan agreed and his top picks-- Texas Instruments ( TXN) , Micron Technology ( MU) , Microsoft ( MSFT) , Compaq ( CPQ) reflect this.
Today, Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people) confirmed that it has no current plans to use Crusoe in its own lightweight notebooks.
What this new concept still leaves behind are the changes that need to happen to how sales managers consider sales performance management issues, qualify prospects, handle CPQ, etc.
But now Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people ) has taken its notebook PC product lines in a new direction regarding wireless networking.
The plaintiffs in the cases received their copies of Windows when they bought personal computers from manufacturers like Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people) and Dell Computer (nasdaq: DELL - news - people).
Really a computer program installed on a Compaq (nyse: CPQ - news - people) Alphaserver platform, the KnowledgeBox is being sold through Avnet (nyse: AVT - news - people), the Phoenix-based electronics distribution giant, as a search service.
It used its power, the court ruled, to thwart initiatives by companies such as Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people), Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people) and Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HP - news - people)--powerful firms in their own right.
Even if Compaq (nyse: CPQ - news - people) makes IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people) blue in the face by temporarily stealing the supercomputing crown, the resulting public-relations windfall and any money it gets from research partners may not amount to enough to recoup what's being spent on research.
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