[Info-vax] HPE buys Cray

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <qbv9vl$177a$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
<arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> On 5/20/2019 5:15 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> > Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> >> On 5/18/2019 10:50 AM, Kerry Main wrote:
> >>> Well, Cray must still have some smarts and/or value add left.
> >>
> >> Kerry, you're talking about HP.  Remember the British company they spend
> >> something like 9 billion on?
> > 
> > HP bought British Leyland?
> 
> I think he is referring to Autonomy.
> 
> And they paid 10/12 B$ for it.
> 
> The 9B$ was the amount they wrote off a year after the acquisition.

IIRC, 9B$ was what Compaq paid for DEC.