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To: JDN who wrote (81949)	5/4/2000 11:50:00 AM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

JDN, Not sure where you looked, but I did some scrounging around the various CPQ pages and could not even find a link to a Presario catalog, for instance. Searching on catalog using the search function gave me 20 pages worth of links on the CPQ site. You may be looking at a comprehensive catalog of CPQ offerings, I'm not sure. The Dell site is simple - their home page has a link for 'request a catalog'. Clicking on it produces a page asking for mailing information, and that's it!!! Regards, John

To: JDN who wrote (81949)	5/4/2000 1:09:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

JDN - re: No wonder they have trouble with consumer sales. er... CPQ is the undisputed leader in consumer sales, and they grew that business by 35% last quarter alone. What trouble is it that you are referring to?

To: JDN who wrote (81949)	5/4/2000 1:41:00 PM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

JDN, Computer bug hits Europe, Asia A computer virus first noticed in Asia spread by e-mail messages titled ''ILOVEYOU'' infected computers around the world Thursday, snarling communication from investment banks to parliaments. Experts said they were stunned by the speed and wide reach of the virus - and nobody seemed to know of an immediate cure. "It may be the most comprehensive spreading that I have seen,'' said Snorre Fagerland of the computer security company Norman in Oslo, Norway, where the virus struck an untold number of companies. The bug appeared in Hong Kong late in the afternoon, spreading throughout e-mail systems once a user opened one of the contaminated messages. It later moved into European parliamentary houses and through the high-tech systems of big companies and financial traders. The ''love bug'' also invaded some computers in the United States this morning, but there was no immediate word on the severity. ''I have to tell you that, sadly, this affectionate greeting contains a virus which has immobilized the House's internal communication system,'' said Margaret Beckett, leader of Britain's House of Commons. ''This means that no member can receive e-mails from outside, nor indeed can we communicate with each other by e-mail.'' In Asia, Dow Jones Newswires and the Asian Wall Street Journal were among the victims. The bug affected only e-mail and did not prevent Dow Jones Newswires from distributing financial information to traders. The Asian Wall Street Journal would have no problems publishing, officials there said.

To: JDN who wrote (81949)	5/4/2000 4:47:00 PM
From: rupert1	Respond to of 97611

JDN: It' similar in England. First you cannot find COMPAQ in most Yellow Pages. Then if you do get a number, you get referred to a third party call-centre. And you get some brassy Glaswegian hussy who barks out barely intelligable demands for your entire life's history, your medical records and astrology. DELL is the same. Only they use a call-centre peopled by haughty, saucy Essex girls who sound like you are a tiresome interruption on their tea break. I half expect they will ask for my fingerprints and passport. I always hang up.