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To: John Koligman who wrote (166686)	8/31/2001 10:26:39 AM
From: D.J.Smyth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176388

john, re Vanderslice AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 30, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) today announced that James T. Vanderslice is moving to a senior advisory role as vice chairman at the company, in advance of his planned retirement from Dell at the end of next year.... "From his first day here, Jim's been given the considerable task of helping to further streamline what was already the industry's most efficient business model, and his contributions in that regard have been significant and wide ranging," said Mr. Dell. "With his continued advice, we expect that trend to continue." Vanderslice may have helped streamline Dell somewhat (Dell was streamlining operations anyway), which helped keep Dell's earnings up, but, from an employee perspective his departure is not viewed as a negative. According to some close to the situation, employee moral has suffered; much of which was not attributable to the economy. Vanderslice, to some, is the Sir Walter Raleigh of the new world... Rollins is more communicative and well liked. He also is hard at work on delivering "the goods" for the sake of shareholders; doesn't appear as self-serving. He takes a longer term approach to delivery; ends up having to clean up the short term blips of others this is one person's opinion and may not accurately reflect all others.