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To: John Koligman who wrote (135420)	7/2/1999 8:42:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Free PC's and Free ISP.... everythingsfree.com Are ISP's dead? redherring.com It begs the question. If internet access becomes free, how many PC's will be given away by the providers? More on why Dell will likely not buy a ISP. redherring.com If Dell bought a MindSpring or Earthlink, they would still need to partner in order to offer consistent global coverage to their customers. I think if Dell want's ISP ownership, they'll build it themselves. MEATHEAD

To: John Koligman who wrote (135420)	7/3/1999 5:24:00 AM
From: Frank Ellis Morris	Respond to of 176387

>> For the past 15 years the personal-computer industry has walked tall. But now it is hobbling<< I guess chicken little's shouting that the sky is falling may now have some merit. In the mean time I question Michael Dell's selling of 4 million shares of his own stock. I guess it is everybody for himself and the hell with everyone else including the shareholders. Frank

To: John Koligman who wrote (135420)	7/3/1999 1:25:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Respond to of 176387

Applications that benefit from broadband internet access will spur the replacement of the current low end machines. The internet is still a nuisance even at 56K baud. Low end (=low price) machines are adequate for low intensity use of internet and email resources but hardly adequate for real time quotes and high intensity level use. Transmission of images over the internet is still a big irritation even at 56K baud. Downloading of program and data files can take more than an hour. There are countless other examples of time consuming, irritating processes on connected PC's. Broad band will help reduce this irritation. The author of this article belongs to the "less is more" camp of computing. History has shown that there is never too much power or too much memory or too much convenience in your computer. Would you rather have a 19" high resolution color monitor or a 12" black and white monitor? There are countless such questions that naive users will begin to ask as they become computer literate. There is only too much cost! As prices come down on low end machines frustrated users at the low end of the market will gravitate toward purchasing the features that save them time and make the PC use more gratifying.