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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (71187)	12/1/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (5) of 132070

To All, PC DATA came out with their estimate of year over year retail pc sales. DOWN 9.7%! Wait a second! CNBS and Dataquest and IDC tell us pc sales are going gangbusters, especially at the retail level. And they've been lying about it all year as sales have fallen off a cliff. Is this the first dent in the 12 month long Xmas lie of PC sales? Looks like it. Some will say that as long as unit sales are up, negative sales don't matter to component and software geeks. I disagree. The OEMs are not going to continue to pay out big bucks for junk that goes in the boxes they assemble when they are not getting paid for them. Now we need a clearer look at business pc sales. My guess is that they are in worse shape than retail, but I don't yet have proof. This could be the mother of all Xmas lie regurgitations. <g>

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