Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!TMASL.EXXON.COM!FERGUSON From: FERGUSON@TMASL.EXXON.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Hewlett-Packard Commercial (What If...) Message-ID: <8904141353.AA04256@umix.cc.umich.edu> Date: 14 Apr 89 14:15:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 15 A dashing man in Ray-Bans, driving his classic '50's T-bird up the California coast, can't seem to get his mind off of problems at work. Suddenly, while passing a pay-phone booth, he's struck with a brilliant idea..... "Frank, it's Ed. I've got it!" "We can't seem to get the edge on the workstation market, right? What if, we buy the competition?" Hewlett-Packard businessmen are always on the job, finding a financial way to solve scientific problems. Let's hear it for big business....