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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Goutam who wrote (84672)	1/2/2000 5:32:00 PM
From: niceguy767	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572336

Hi Goutama: An additional factor in all of this is the exponential e-commerce growth that is currently unfolding before us. A short time ago, it was possible for GTW and Dell to clog the distribution channels as many fewer channels were in existence. With the internet explosion, the consumer is becoming increasingly savvy at an alarmingly fast rate for those vendors who stand still or get locked into a bad supply deal. It is no longer such a big deal for the consumer to shop elsewhere...GTW and Dell risk rustication (OK if I say that Bill?) of their image in the marketplace by not offering the Athlon system, "the better mousetrap at the better price" to the consumer.