[rescue] This Just In: HP to buy Compaq

[Mike Dombrowski]

>> The article said that the combined company would almost be as big as
>> IBM.  Anybody know how close either company is by itself?  I always
>> thought Compaq was second, next to IBM.  I have heard that Acer is
>> third, but that is probably only PCs.
>
>Dell is probably second to IBM, only if you count everything that IBM
>makes.  There are a few lines of IBM equipment that Dell doesn't 
compete
>for.  :-)  I know that Dell Laptops and Desktops outsell everyone else
>on the market, and that Compaq was number 1 until Dell beat them.  Not
>sure how servers factor into this.  IBM hasn't held the sales crown 
for
>PC manufacture for a long time.  Can anybody say 'PCjr'?

IBM is tops by far now. 90billion vs 50 for HP and 47 for Compaq. Dell 
is at 33.

Mike