Poll: 56% back Compaq merger
Fifty-six percent of NEWS.COM readers say the "one-stop shop" created by the Compaq-Digital merger is a good thing.
Fifty-six percent of readers believe that the "one-stop shop" created Monday by Compaq's acquisition of Digital Equipment is a good thing for information technology users, according to the latest NEWS.COM Poll.
However, none of these respondents wrote in to tell us why, leaving the survey's naysayers to dominate the discussion.
The 44 percent who answered "no" to the question repeatedly warned that the deal would strengthen the market stranglehold of the Microsoft-Intel alliance.