Compaq Computer Corp chief executive Eckhard Pfeiffer warns against comparing the company too closely with other big industry names such as Apple Computer Inc and Dell Computer Corp. He told Dow Jones Professional Investor Report that Apple, in a superficial comparison, is today where we were two years ago; they are recognising that they have been heavily overstaffed, have had to take a major work-force reduction and have a major product cost problem. And What Dell is trying to re-engineer today is what we’ve been saying all along. You need total market focus, which Dell never really had.”
