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To: marcher who wrote (63970)	7/3/1999 10:22:00 PM
From: tony	Respond to of 132070

> Who do you think will benefit? Consumers.

To: marcher who wrote (63970)	7/4/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

Marc, The consumer will benefit most, and, since the US economy is about The Sovereignty of the Consumer, that is good. This will most benefit the software companies. The boxmakers and chip makers and disk drive makers lose bigtime, as a profit margin doesn't fit into the price structure needed to produce free computers. But, you buy a free computer and you want to play games or do spreadsheets or whatever, you have to buy the software. That area is very competitive, but the winners will win big. Eventually, non-tech businesses will benefit hugely from the massive lowering of costs in their number one area of capital spending. However, right now, most businesses are still too computerphobic to trust a no-frills computer. That will change over time, but won't happen immediately.