Compaq Web Advisory: Compaq Delivers Prosignia Desktops Pre-installed with Microsoft Office 2000.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1999-- Furthering its initiative to offer customers the widest selection of computing choices at affordable prices, Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) today announced the availability of Compaq Prosignia desktops pre-installed with Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. 2000 Small Business and Microsoft Office 2000 Professional. Available in the U.S. starting May 15, customers can purchase configured award-winning Prosignia desktops featuring the latest Microsoft Office 2000 software preinstalled. Compaq will offer Prosignia notebooks with preinstalled Office 2000 Small Business and Office 2000 Professional starting in June. As a part of Compaq's frontline front·line also front line n. 1. A front or boundary, especially one between military, political, or ideological positions. 2. Basketball See frontcourt. 3. Football The linemen of a team. partnership with Microsoft, Compaq is a key participant in Microsoft's launch event promoting Office 2000 scheduled for June 7 in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Microsoft has also selected Compaq to be the sole computer company participating in regional launch events in more than 58 cities in the U.S. For more details on this announcement, please visit Compaq's Web site at: http://www.compaq.com/smb/office 2000. Customers can configure and buy Prosignia products and services directly from Compaq through its DirectPlus Web site at http://www.directplus.compaq.com, by calling 800/888-5858 or from a local Compaq Authorized Reseller/direct marketer. Utilizing the industry's first Customer Choice distribution model, Prosignia desktops pre-installed with Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business will be available through authorized retailers in June. Company Background: Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of computer systems. For more corporate information, see: http://www.compaq.com/. Compaq, Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Compaq Prosignia is a trademark of Compaq Computer Corporation. Microsoft and Office 2000 are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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