Compaq | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 02/01/2019

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00:01:50 1 History
00:01:59 1.1 Founding
00:07:19 1.1.1 Introduction of Compaq Portable
00:10:26 1.1.2 Compaq Deskpro
00:11:04 1.1.3 Compaq DeskPro 386
00:12:08 1.1.4 Compaq SystemPro
00:13:27 1.2 1990s
00:14:19 1.2.1 Ouster of co-founders
00:20:11 1.2.2 Market ascension
00:22:06 1.2.3 Management shuffle
00:25:59 1.2.4 Acquisitions
00:30:38 1.2.5 Ouster of Pfeiffer
00:40:36 1.3 Late 1990s–2000s
00:40:47 1.3.1 Struggles
00:43:03 1.4 Acquisition by Hewlett-Packard
00:48:34 1.5 Post-merger
00:54:47 2 Headquarters
00:57:07 3 Competitors
00:58:50 4 Sponsorship
00:59:14 5 See also



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Compaq (a portmanteau of Compatibility And Quality; occasionally referred to as CQ prior to its final logo) was a company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the first company to legally reverse engineer the IBM Personal Computer. It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by HP in 2001. Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002. The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued.The company was formed by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto—former Texas Instruments senior managers. Murto (SVP of sales) departed Compaq in 1987, while Canion (president and CEO) and Harris (SVP of engineering) left under a shakeup in 1991, which saw Eckhard Pfeiffer appointed president and CEO. Pfeiffer served through the 1990s. Ben Rosen provided the venture capital financing for the fledgling company and served as chairman of the board for 18 years from 1983 until September 28, 2000, when he retired and was succeeded by Michael Capellas, who served as the last chairman and CEO until its merger with HP.Prior to its takeover the company was headquartered in a facility in northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, that now continues as HP's largest United States facility.