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To: gnuman who wrote (65193)	7/24/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: Fred Fahmy	Read Replies (2) of 132070

Gene, <A point on this thread is that makers are scrambling for ways to generate revenue and profit growth.> Most successful companies are always looking for ways to grow their businesses. This often means expanding into other related businesses or other businesses that promote the sales of their core product. This is hardly unique to the box makers and I wouldn't characterize it as "scrambling". More like sound business sense as opposed to living purely on past successes. Using the internet to sell more PC's is a no-brainer IMO. Intel is expanding ("scrambling") into networking and bandwidth relief to grow the business both directly (new businesses adding revenue and profit) and indirectly by increasing the demand/need for more and better CPU's. Re: GTW margins GTW had stable margins (much to the surprise, dismay, and year after year prediction of many of the pundits) before they entered into other businesses. PC prices haven't been coming down in a vacuum ...component prices have been coming down also. <Wonder what comes after free ISP's when that taps out? > Who knows??....marketing people (as you well know) have a lot of imagination. FF

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