Make—Not Take—Disciples

This week in the news, you may have heard the Hewlett-Packard is buying Compaq Computer Corporation. For a measly $25 billion and some stock swapping the number four company in PC sales, Hewlett-Packard will merge with the number two company, Compaq, creating a gargantuan corporation that will surpass the current leader Dell Computer. Of course growth of this magnitude does mean about 15,000 people will be out of work. But, hey—this is business.