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To: Amy J who wrote (98378)	2/7/2000 1:17:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Amy, <What are Compaq's known R&D initiatives? Compaq's reputation in the Server area seems good; better than the consumer market?> I know of a couple of examples. The first one is Compaq's assistance in the development of Intel's 8-way Profusion chipset. Compaq was the one that created one of the bridge chips for the PCI buses. The second is Compaq's work into hot-plug technology for PCI. They're licensing their version of PCI hot-plug to others as we speak. Also, I just get the feeling that when it comes to servers, Compaq really knows what they're doing. As you say, their servers have a better reputation than their consumer systems. <From the standpoint of the customer, what is gained/lost by going with Dell vs. Compaq? With the Server market poised to grow (overall industry units), I am curious.> Wish I knew. All I know is that Dell is seen as a threat to Compaq's server business. Tenchusatsu