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To: rudedog who wrote (31143)	4/20/2000 11:39:00 AM
From: Lynn	Respond to of 64865

Dear Rude: I just checked ML's latest research report (4-7-00) on DELL and the $100M vs. $400M comment does not jive with the information in their research report, either. ML gives DELL a figure of $272M for '99: 1998 1999 2000 2001E 2002E Research & Development 203 272 374 520 627 Your comments on R&D are very well taken. "R&D" can be a real catch-all. As (or more) important as the amount spent is identification of exactly what the money was spent to do. Even the costs doing an employee efficiency study or customer satisfaction/demographic study can be squirreled away under R&D. Best regards, Lynn, about to go outside and enjoy the first sun we have had in a week!