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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 133.20+5.7%Nov 26 3:59 PM EST

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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (117254)4/14/1999 3:52:00 AM
From: HeyRainier  Read Replies (2) of 176387
 
From Dow Jones News Wires: I'm not sure if this may have been posted or not but there appears to be a silver lining in the PC cloud...

interactive.wsj.com (type Dell)
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H-P's Platt Says Cheap PCs Drive Demand For Servers

"Hewlett-Packard Co. (HWP) Chief Executive Officer Lewis Platt said his company does benefit from rapidly falling personal-computer prices: they boost demand for larger computers...

...But every PC sale ultimately means one more person is using the Internet. That will drive demand for servers, like the N-Class machines Platt was touting in New York Tuesday..."
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Since Dell has set its sights on the server market, it may have the potential to turn the narrowing margins of the PC business into an advantage, if H-P's CEO is correct.

Rainier
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