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To: Sig who wrote (165695)	6/4/2001 6:34:04 PM
From: calgal	Respond to of 176387

Monday June 4 4:38 PM ET Dell Plans Electronic Voting System By CONNIE MABIN, AP Business Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Dell Computer Corp. (NasdaqNM:DELL - news) announced Monday it is teaming with a maker of electronic voting systems, a partnership inspired in part by the five weeks of recounts and legal battles that followed the last presidential election. The Round-Rock based company said it has teamed with Hart InterCivic Inc., an Austin-based government and election services company, to ``manufacture and market easy-to-use, affordable voting systems that enable accurate, accessible and secure elections through the innovative use of technology,'' the companies said in a statement. ``The November 2000 elections shined a spotlight on the nation's election infrastructure, and we've clearly heard the need from our customers to help them modernize the way America votes,'' said Bob McFarland, vice president and general manager of Dell's government sector. ``Election integrity will be critical to future elections,'' McFarland said. Dell has already begun selling the eSlate Electronic Voting System developed by Hart. Dell said the system will simplify voting and speed up results tabulation. Electronic tablets, the devices voters use to cast ballots, cost $2,500 each. The main controller, or server, costs $3,500 and can control up to 12 tablets. For an extra $1,000 the system can be configured to help visually impaired or disabled voters as well as those who have trouble reading. The companies also are offering training for election officials, poll workers and voters. On the Net: dell.com hartintercivic.com dailynews.yahoo.com

To: Sig who wrote (165695)	6/5/2001 9:02:23 AM
From: Patrick E.McDaniel	Respond to of 176387

Sig, did our Dell annual meeting thread go away? Is anyone coordinating the get together? Pat

To: Sig who wrote (165695)	6/5/2001 11:14:03 AM
From: kemble s. matter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Sig, Hi!! RE: If a Committee votes whether to end production of IBM PC now, it would probably be a 'No" vote. Dell is turning up the heat each day tho, so IBM P/C profits are going to get worse, not better. They will have to guess when and if the loss will approach $1bil/yr. Who is the one man in IBM .that can make the decision, end the ERA. ? My suggestion is they don't end the name- just have Dell build the units (deep blue?) and slap an IBM logo on them. They are going to have those $26 bil worth of IBM parts that Dell is buying inside them anyway. This would bring up a sticky point, where would Dell build them and with what employees.? So I guess Management in both companies have decisions to make. Lets get the suffering over with, make an announcement at the July meeting. 50 bucks here we come.(G) Well, we know from Michael's statement in that interview last week that they planned for the continued economy expansion and not this slow down...So did many others...I'll always believe that they planned for IBM giving these up two years ago...What went wrong and why the delay? Some day it'll come out...Rumors up here were so plentiful two years ago even those not owning any stock had heard about IBM giving it away to DELL... Best, Kemble