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    <documentType>4</documentType><periodOfReport>2003-10-14</periodOfReport>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001007456</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>EDS</issuerTradingSymbol></issuer><reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001179700</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>AFFUSO ANTHONY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>5400 LEGACY DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PLANO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75024</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
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id="F4">No reportable change to Derivatives -- this is a reiteration of holdings only.</footnote><footnote id="F5">Information originally included at time grant or acquisition of EDS FELINE PRIDES were reported.</footnote><footnote id="F6">1 for 1</footnote></footnotes><remarks/><ownerSignature><signatureName>Linda Epstein as Attorney-in-Fact for Tony Affuso</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-10-16</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

