Jerry, In answer to the question... "will HP go belly-up? " Probably not... SAN JOSE, Calif. Feb 1, 2005 Challenging a basic tenet of the semiconductor industry, researchers at Hewlett-Packard Co. have demonstrated a technology that could replace the transistor as the fundamental building block of all computers.... See the full story at: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=460463 Scot L. Diddle, Computer Systems Programmer, Overnite Transportation Co., Richmond VA "Koch, Gerald" <gkoch02@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 02/01/05 11:41 AM Please respond to pure-silver To: "'pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc: Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Uneasy Question From Nervous Uncle There is a third possibility: will HP go belly-up? Seems they are not doing so well after their CEO insisted that they buy Compac. Jerry -----Original Message----- From: Stein [mailto:rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 11:17 AM To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Uneasy Question From Nervous Uncle Dear Lloyd, Congratulations, you are the winner. You have discovered the correct answer to the question " What do I do with all this expensive equipment now the market for it has dropped out? ". You use it up and wear it out! Any guesses which will die first - a 10 year old Beseler enlarger or a brand new HP printer.... Uncle Dick ================================================================================ ============================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND NONPUBLIC INFORMATION. IT IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL(S) OR ENTITY(IES) NAMED ABOVE, AND OTHERS SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE IT. If you are not the intended recipient of this document, you are notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by return email, delete the electronic message and destroy any printed copies. Thank you for your cooperation. ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.