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To: kaka who wrote (165177)	5/8/2001 10:26:50 AM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 176387

In addition, I found the first sentence in this excerpt from an article on Dell in today's WSJ interesting. Reducing manufacturing capacity when only a small percentage of the world has PC's??? Okay D.J., fire away <ggg>... Regards, John The company also plans to reduce its manufacturing capacity. As part of the cost cutting, it will shift its Austin portable-PC assembly operations to an existing factory in Tennessee. Dell also said it would merge several business units, such as a small-and-medium-business-sales and corporate-sales organizations into a single group. "We built our organization for a market growing at 15% to 18% [annually]," Dell spokesman T.R. Reid said. "It's clearly not doing that. We're not in a position to forecast a date for recovery."

To: kaka who wrote (165177)	5/8/2001 10:53:09 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

<<Upgrades??? To the contrary, Warburg and Prudential are issuing cautious statements regarding DELL and the inevitable price war.>>> War ? What war?. These jokers are so out of date its pitiful. The price war was finished in 1998. Here are the battles won. This just a mopping up effort. dell.com Nov 2 Cuts 16% Oct 29 Cuts prices Sept 15 Drops prices Aug 5 Reduces prices April 2 Reduces prices Mar 30 Trims prices Feb 4 Cuts prices Jan 27 Cuts server prices 28% Jan 8 Reduces prices 15% Sig Data brought to you by Dell, the low-cost provider g