Kaplan agreed and his top picks-- Texas Instruments ( TXN) , Micron Technology ( MU) , Microsoft ( MSFT) , Compaq ( CPQ) reflect this.

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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.

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Reaud (pronounced "Rio") had brought similar claims against Compaq Computer (nyse: CPQ - news - people), looking for another killing.

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