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To: kemble s. matter who wrote (142567)	9/22/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: Alohal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Kemble: Given my experience, it would appear that the impact could well involve Dell, (see my post below). Any thoughts? <RE: Earthquake effects: I think I may have a partial answer to this question. About three weeks ago I ordered an Inspiron 7000 with all the bells and whistles and was given a two week delivery time. Yesterday, when I checked on-line order status that date had been pushed back to 9/27. Just 10 minutes ago I received a call from a Dell rep saying "the factory that supplies the shell for the Inspiron model had burned down" and that my new delivery date had been pushed back to 10/24!! I'm in the process of canceling the order and I suspect I'm not alone. This is hard to do as a long term shareholder, but I think as long as I have to wait another month, I'll just sit back and wait to see what the Inspiron 7500's look like and see what deals Dell comes up with. I do believe this bodes ill for 3Q bottom line, but since I have a long time horizon with this stock I'm not really concerned with this kind of short-term disruption.>