Question by Dream Boy: “To counter Hewlett-Packard’s purchase of Information Technology Services provider?
“To counter Hewlett-Packard’s purchase of Information Technology Services provider Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Spring 2008, fellow PC maker Dell recently bought this Texas neighbor.”

Best answer:

Answer by Rhyled
What is “Perot Systems”? (This is a Jeopardy type question, right?)

Dell acquired Perot Systems late in 2009.

http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2009-11-03-Perot.aspx

If anyone’s interested, I found this by googling hp + dell + eds

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