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To: Paul Engel who wrote (115203)	10/30/2000 3:16:36 AM
From: Jacques Newey	Read Replies (1) of 186894

Paul & Intel Investors - Uncle Sam in Serious Need of an Upgrade "Until a few days ago, some FBI agents in Dallas used desktop computers powered by Intel Corp.'s 386 processor -- a circa-1989 chip roughly 50 to 70 times slower than today's Pentium processors; frustrated agents joke about clicking "print" or "save" and watching minutes tick by." and... "The State Department this year quietly disposed of its last remaining Wang word processors from the 1970s." interactive.wsj.com =========================================================== The above article makes me wonder if estimates of U.S. PC market penetration are over stated and/or misleading. How many other US businesses and homes are in a similarly backward state? Still using Wang's???!!! Yikes!!!

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