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发信人: Bob (Dinosaur), 信区: CompExpress
标  题: Compaq斥资96亿美元收购DEC(ZDNet, 英文)
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Tue Jan 27 04:47:36 1998)

Huge Merger Creates Industry Giant

Jesse Berst, Editorial Director
ZDNet AnchorDesk

Under terms of a $9.6 billion deal announced this morning,
Digital Equipment Corp. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of
Compaq Computer. Digital will keep its brand name and focus.
Click for full story.

The merger positions Compaq to challenge IBM as undisputed
computing leader on the Planet Earth -- not just in PCs
where Compaq is already No. 1, but in the enterprise space
as well.

Compaq recently bought Tandem, acquiring its
high-availability, fault-tolerant computing technologies.
With DEC, which boasts stellar sales and service operations
worldwide, Compaq has effectively cemented the finest sales
and service organization in the industry. And positioned
itself to wrest dominance of the enterprise market from IBM
in the next five years.

The deal also gives Compaq leverage against chip king Intel.
The two companies have feuded frequently in recent years
over Intel's stranglehold on the chip market. Though Compaq
has recently done business with Intel rivals, this latest
acquisition gives it rights to DEC's high-end, 64-bit Alpha
processor. Whether it uses it or not, it provides leverage.

Other important news we'll be updating for you today:

   * Microsoft's board of directors approve a 2-for-1 stock
     split.
   * Intel is set to introduce the fastest Pentium II ever
     at 333 MHz.
   * RealNetworks snubs its nose at Microsoft, forges
     alliance to optimize its video and audio Internet
     technology for Sun Microsystems' servers.

January 26, 1998

[From ZDNet]

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