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To: marquis103 who wrote (90905)	4/25/2001 4:19:56 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Respond to of 97611

Sun Micro to Shut Down for Week in July-Sources SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sun Microsystems Inc. (NasdaqNM:SUNW - news) will shut down for a week in July, asking employees to take holidays or take unpaid leave during that period, company sources said on Wednesday. A Sun spokesman was not immediately available to comment. The shutdown in the first week of July will affect four business days, and would mark the first time that Sun has taken such action. Sun said last week that it was implementing tough cost controls in order to preserve funding for research and development. Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HWP - news), which is implementing cost controls of its own, has also used mandatory holidays as a way to cut expenses.

To: marquis103 who wrote (90905)	4/25/2001 5:23:34 PM
From: Jimbo Cobb	Respond to of 97611

Russ....you have taken the 1st step....you are now out of the denial stage.... Congratulations !!!!! The first step is always the most difficult.... (just look at the progress you've made... Message 14221552 ) Jimbo.

To: marquis103 who wrote (90905)	4/25/2001 5:52:20 PM
From: Jimbo Cobb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

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To: marquis103 who wrote (90905)	4/25/2001 6:39:20 PM
From: Andreas	Respond to of 97611

Russ, Amen brother! For what it is worth I've pretty much given up on compork. The management problems that surfaced with Pfeiffer and Mason were just the tip of the iceberg in my opinion. This dog is a done deal. Compork's model and strategic thrust are incapable of meeting the challenge of market changes which became apparent in the last six months. I can't really blame MC because he has very little to work with. The cpq model is a loser and there is very little that one can do to change it. Compork is far too entrenched and committed to a losing business strategy and model to dig itself out. There is little doubt in anyone's mind that the Dell model will win this battle hands down. And frankly, it is just a matter of time before the Dell model is tweaked and evolves to the point where it can easily defeat cpq in virtually every market segment. If you disagree - fine. However, so far Dell is winning this battle. Forget about high end servers. Dell will get there. Compork is a dinosaur and will die eventually.