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To: TCGNJ who wrote (69220)	3/17/2000 8:59:00 AM
From: John Hauser	Respond to of 152472

Dell: We laugh at your puny Net devices March 16, 2000 Web posted at: 8:15 a.m. EST (1315 GMT) by Margret Johnston (IDG) -- The PC is not dead--at least not according to Michael Dell, chair and chief executive officer of Dell Computer. Small computers capable of connecting to the Internet, like the Palm Pilot, and cellular phones that can download Web pages, have become a significant force in the marketplace, but they don't stand a chance of replacing desktop and notebook PCs, Dell said on Monday at the 2000 Global Internet Summit here. Palm Computing's handheld computer and similar devices have "delivered excitement" to the PC marketplace, Dell said, but noted that the amount of revenue and profit generated by the products are not significant. "These devices are not necessarily substitutes to the PC, but complementary. You can't find a Palm Pilot user who doesn't have a PC," Dell said. Dell also disagreed with predictions that mobile phones using the Wireless Application Protocol, a specification for sending Internet-based content, would eclipse traditional computing products. The devices' screens are simply too small, he said. "People consume information better with their eyes," Dell said. Dell also said growth in the number of small devices connected to the Web was good for his company because it drives demand for servers and storage computers, which lie at the heart of the company's business.