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Events on Thursday 11 June 1998 1
1998Compaq completes acquisition of Digital Equipment CorporationThen-largest merger in computer industry historyCompaq completed its $9.6 billion acquisition of Digital Equipment Corporation on 11 June 1998, at the time the largest merger in the history of the computer industry. The deal was intended to bolster Compaq's enterprise and services business but preceded its own acquisition by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.