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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (71039)	11/28/1999 9:23:00 AM
From: Freedom Fighter	Respond to of 132070

CTC, >>Dell has a tremendous advantage over other competitors, all of whom are in trouble in the PC market (CPQ, IBM, HWP) because they cannot assemble a machine as cheaply as Dell, nor have they figured out how to market directly.<< I'm aware of Dell's current advantage and realize it explains their phenomenal success. I haven't read enough on the subject to completely understand why the others haven't been able to shift over to their model too. Intuitively though, I always thought they eventually would be able to. Maybe it's not so easy? Wayne