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To: kemble s. matter who wrote (141682)	9/8/1999 10:29:00 PM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Kemble: As usual, Dell is making the right moves. Solid decisions and timing are important. They do their research. And speaking of decisions, I hope my Dad decided to buy the Dell rather than the Gateway or Compaq. He never buys until he is ready and buying a Dell was the best decision. It is a no-brainer! Leigh

To: kemble s. matter who wrote (141682)	9/8/1999 10:31:00 PM
From: TechMkt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Let's all remember that DELL's slice of the $38 billion market represents HIGH MARGIN sales...and we know what that does for the bottom line. Never,ever,sell DELL, Fez

To: kemble s. matter who wrote (141682)	9/9/1999 3:01:00 AM
From: Sam Bose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Board OKs computers for schools New equipment leased from Dell costs $30 million Wednesday, September 08, 1999 By Bill Bush Dispatch Staff Reporter It is a computer deal that would make the guy at Best Buy drool -- maybe faint. It is enough high-tech equipment to fill a train: 13,400 personal computers, 223 file servers to support the PC network, 2,678 printers and thousands of computer tables and adjustable chairs. The Columbus Board of Education made it official last night, voting 7-0 to lease the equipment from Dell Computer, ending a contentious process that led to finger pointing among computer vendors and, more recently, the threat of a lawsuit. The school system will get more than just hardware for its $30.3 million. The computers will come loaded with educational software and will be installed in the next six months by workers contracted by Dell. Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, will provide a 20-person team to keep the system running for the next three years and launch a comprehensive teacher-training program. The atmosphere following last night's board meeting resembled an awards ceremony, with board members, school administrators and corporate computer advisers and salespeople posing for photographs in front of a Dell personal computer. "I think there will be celebrations in the schools (today),' Superintendent Rosa Smith said. "They've waited a long time. I think they had even begun to wonder if we'd get it done, and we have. So, I'm excited for our staff members, and I'm excited for our children.' School board President Mary Jo Kilroy was beaming about the fact that 1970s-era computers will be retired. "Unfortunately they're still there, and now we're going to get them up to date, and that's thrilling,' she said. "There are big needs, I think, particularly in the middle-school area, but there are big needs in every part of the school district.' During a media briefing yesterday, school administrators explained the final bidding process. On July 19, when the district asked vendors for final and best offers, Dell was more than $5 million cheaper than a group composed of IBM and Inacom. The district then entered into exclusive negotiations with Dell. IBM lowered its price after July 19, but the district's rules didn't allow that bid to be considered as long as negotiations were ongoing with Dell, Deputy Superintendent Phyllis Wilson said. The negotiations resulted in Dell increasing its initial $28 million bid to the final $30.3 million -- something that didn't please IBM and Inacom, even though they were still $700,000 more than Dell's final offer after dropping their prices. "As our costs went down, we passed those (savings) along,' said Steve Dimon, a Columbus lobbyist hired by Inacom to help secure the deal. "I can't fathom what type of negotiations allowed (Dell's) prices to rise, what type of negotiators allowed prices to rise.' IBM and Inacom sent letters to the board, seeming to threaten a lawsuit late last month. But district officials, who said they knew the price could increase during negotiations, said yesterday that their process was fair and produced the best deal for taxpayers.