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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 127.22+3.8%Nov 24 3:59 PM EST
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To: edamo who wrote (133975)6/22/1999 11:46:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette  Read Replies (1) of 176387
 
Say ed but who is emulating whom? Last time I checked it was the IBMs,the Compaqs,the HPs trying to imitate Dell and not the other way around.

.... Trying to blunt the Dell threat, archrivals IBM, Compaq, and Hewlett-Packard Corp. are trying to emulate the more efficient model, but they're moving tentatively for fear of alienating the wholesalers and retailers that have helped made them among the world's top computer makers.

This go-it-slow strategy has its costs. Compaq warned last week it will report a big loss this quarter and lay off thousands of employees as a result of sluggish sales and price wars, woes that already led it to oust its chief executive in April. Hewlett-Packard and IBM also are smarting, though less than Compaq, analysts say....
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