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Technology Stocks : Compaq -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Night Writer who wrote (75305)	1/6/2000 2:36:00 PM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 97611

NW-- the Imac is no competition. My neighbor bought one last year for $1200 and is ordering a PC like the rest of the world uses this weekend. HOUSTON, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ), the world's leading PC server vendor, today announced that Microsoft will offer a free upgrade to Windows 2000 for customers purchasing Windows NT Server 4.0 factory-installed on Compaq servers in North America between January 1st and February 17th, 2000. To purchase a new Compaq Server with Windows NT Server 4.0 factory- installed today please visit Compaq's Direct Plus website at: directplus.compaq.com. For fulfillment details on this offer, please visit Microsoft's' web site at: microsoft.com Customer Benefit: Customers don't need to wait until Windows 2000 is publicly available to upgrade their equipment. Through this offer, customers can continue to deploy new servers today, and still take advantage of the most reliable and stable platform in the market -- Compaq ProLiant and ProSignia Servers running Windows 2000.