Sinking ship... its certainly sunk now walt. Thanks to colinstevens for this in the back end news section!
Compaq Computer, has said it will not re-nominate founder family's scion Walter Hewlett to its board of directors.
Mr Hewlett has been a prominent opponent of the plans to merge with Compaq and last week filed a lawsuit against HP alleging irregularities in how the company solicited shareholder votes for the deal.
In a statement, HP said its decision was based on Mr Hewlett's "ongoing adversarial relationship with the company" as shown by his recent decision to pursue in court his opposition to the merger plans.
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