Compaq Computer lived the Hank Williams life. It lived hard, became famous and died before its time. (See full coverage on the acquisition: "HP-Compaq: What happens now?") The PC giant, like many ...
January 1982 Former Texas Instruments manager Rod Canion comes up with the idea of a portable computer that runs all the programs that operate on the IBM PC without any modification. Canion, Jim ...
On this day 20 years ago, Compaq acquired Digital Equipment in the largest buyout in the history of the computer industry. Where The Market Was The Dow closed at 8,811.77. The S&P 500 traded at around ...