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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (9338)	9/16/1999 3:29:00 PM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9980

Bill- The Moslem world was, justifiably, outraged by the "ethnic cleansing" of Moslems in Yugoslavia. The "Christian" world came to the rescue of Moslems in the Balkans, against fellow "Christians". Perhaps someone could enlighten this thread as to any efforts- or even condemnation- coming from the Moslem world when Moslems slaughter Christians and their clergy. I look forward to the day when the thugs- excuse me, I must watch my manners- the "leaders" responsible for this butchery are brought to justice. Larry

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (9338)	12/6/1999 6:11:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9980

USA Today -- U.S. companies lag as Chinese firm's market share in China soars usatoday.com HONG KONG -- Wang Hai Lin, 14, knows why he wants a personal computer made by Legend Holdings. "It is cheaper, it is better, and it is Chinese," he says as he and his parents shop for PCs in the Chinese city of Shenzhen. Wang is one more reason for Beijing-based Legend to cheer -- and for U.S. PC companies to groan. [...] In the last quarter, Legend's market share surged to 23% from 17.3%. Such a gain in one quarter is "unprecedented," says PC analyst Douglas Lee of Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. At the same time, the combined market share of IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer dropped to 13% from 15.4%. "Legend is eating them for lunch," says Vijay Harjani, PC analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston in Hong Kong. [...]