HP buying Compaq for $25 Billion in stock

[Ioman]

Someone posted on my site that HP will be buying Compaq for $25 Billion in stock. Can you guys beleive this? Its like if Intel bought AMD. This is gigantic. Crazy HP, if we arent doing good, lets buy the competition. MY website is in my sig for more news.

What do you guys think?

 

[RossMAN]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=552916

 

[iamwiz82]

way to whore you website

 

[KBrinks]

if intel buys amd, then may the world end the next day

HP and compaq? meh who cares... i dont have anything to do with either of them... sept i have an HP printer

BYOC= Build Your Own Computer

 

[Ioman]

I have an Epson printer. I read somewhere that these companies dont make money on the printers, but rather on the ink cartridges.

 

[iamwiz82]

<< I have an Epson printer. I read somewhere that these companies dont make money on the printers, but rather on the ink cartridges. >>



Epson makes a killing off their cartridges. They are almost 2 times as much as one HP cartridge.

 

[Infos]

Is this the third or fourth repost?

 

[Ioman]

<<

<< I have an Epson printer. I read somewhere that these companies dont make money on the printers, but rather on the ink cartridges. >>



Epson makes a killing off their cartridges. They are almost 2 times as much as one HP cartridge. >>



This is true! I spend a ton of money on ink cartridges.

 

[DDCSpeed]

Does that mean the stock price goes up?

today's stock went down. So what does it mean?

They gonna beat IBM?