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To: Salah Mohamed who wrote (74212)	12/20/1999 7:43:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Salah... The link won't work for me, but sounds positive, although I'm sure it won't move the stock. OTOH, the Zoo is saying that CNBC has reported that The WSJ will run an article tomorrow on a deal between CPQ and Inacom that is designed to bring CPQ's BTO model up to snuff with DELL's and that should move the stock, imho. El

To: Salah Mohamed who wrote (74212)	12/21/1999 2:57:00 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 97611

EL ... Is this significant? Compaq Named a Preferred Computer Supplier by Western States Contracting Alliance from the article: ...that it has been selected by the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA), an association of 15 Western U.S. states,... Nah, I don't think this is very significant. After all, MSFT has them beat; they have been selected by 19 states. [ba dah boom]

To: Salah Mohamed who wrote (74212)	12/21/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

15 states participate including: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. This eliminates the expense of bidding every computer purchase made by every state government entity in 15 states including education. I think that encompasses school districts. IMHO If this is used like it is suppose to be used, California alone is worth a mint in orders with reduced overhead and red tape for the customer and Compaq. NW