Computer Industry Has A New Giant; Compaq to Buy Digital, Become No. 2 Behind IBM From: The Washington Post | Date: January 27, 1998| Author: Elizabeth Corcoran | Copyright 1998 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Compaq Computer Corp., the world's largest maker of personal computers, said yesterday that it will buy Digital Equipment Corp. for $9.6 billion in the computer industry's largest-ever merger. The deal would create the second-largest computer company in the world, one that even giant International Business Machines Corp. will have to watch with care.

"It's been our stated goal to become one of the top three computer companies in the world," Compaq chief executive Eckhard Pfeiffer...

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