Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002
The battle over teaming up with Compaq has been fierce and... ... a board 
member and the son of one of HP's founders, is thought to draw ... Other 
foundations run by the Hewlett and Packard families are also opposed to the 
merger, taking ... has already been set up to plot the future of the two companies.