Ousted CEO of Compaq offers defense

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Eckhard Pfeiffer said his bosses on the board of Compaq Computer Corp. were apprised of the company's lowered earnings and that he had tried to turn around declining sales and mounting inventory. Chairman Benjamin Rosen had no comment. Mr. Pfeiffer resigned after Compaq reported $281 million in earnings on sales of $9.42 billion in Q1. This was a 13% decline from Q4. Analysts point to a decline in inventory turn: Q4 was 15.5; Q1 was 13.7 turns. Other large PC industry companies such as Microsoft, Intel, IBM and Dell all reported first quarter results that exceeded forecasts.

Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Management development

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Year 2000 and home PCs: the fix may not be in

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Home users may want to test their computers and software for Year 2000 problems. Set the clock and date on your PC to 11:58 pm and 1999-12-31, then shut it off three minutes. Upon restarting, the date should show 2000-01-01, and any file that a user creates and saves with their favorite applications should have that date as well. If the computer or file shows another date, check with the program's manufacturer, via the Web, for a patch or update. Going forward, authorities recommend using a four digit year format when entering any date into a spreadsheet or other program.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Methods, Product defects and recalls, Microcomputers, Year 2000 transition (Computers), Upgrading (Computers), Product bug fix/bug patch/maintenance upgrade, Year 2000 transition

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Compaq is counting on Capellas to rescue the troubled PC firm

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Compaq Computer Corp.'s acting COO Michael Capellas will become president and CEO of the company. Stock analysts say they'd hoped an outsider with more of an operations background would be appointed. But colleagues of Mr. Capellas say he has the leadership skills and technical knowledge to refocus the PC company. Mr. Capellas brings turn around experience from Dowell Schlumberger, and management experience from SAP AG and Oracle Corp.

Computers, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Capellas, Michael, Schlumberger Ltd., SLB

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