wouw what a great idea i am afraid that only an on-line OS will not be enough. i think face-to-face contact and smelling other participants in a real OS are important in such a merger
-----Original Message----- From: Beck György [mailto:gb...@beckground.hu] Sent: zaterdag 8 september 2001 14:43 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: COMPAQH-P Dear Everyone, The Wall Street Journal Europe has dedicated a full page to the Compaq - H-P merger. There was one sentence startling me, saying: "The real power in Compaq .lies with the country managers who oversee distinct national operations, say in France or the U.K. But at H-P, it's the managers, who direct specific product lines, such as personal computers or UNIX servers, who hold the reins. <<If you want to set out a strategy for merging Compaq Europe and H-P Europe it's not clear who should even be in the room>> . While each has a trace of the other's model, the existing organisational differences could make it harder to integrate the two companies should the proposed acquisition, ., go through. Morover if H-P botches the combination, it risks losing scores of talented managers and engineers, just as Daimler did when swallowed Chrysler." After reading it I see a slight chance of a global OS, involving local operations and also the US HQ-s having initiated the whole merger. I think we have a network of OS practitioners and software to handle the on-line OS part. There is not more preconception, but I think it is worth to think over. I see one key question for the parties: go into a power game or finding a synergic solution fos the monster borning. Looking for your comments. Gyuri gb...@beckground.hu * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
