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To: DRRISK who wrote (48985)	5/14/2002 10:34:54 AM
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More timber for the shorts pyre!!!! =WSJ: Survey/IBM-2: Dell, Compaq Shown Losing Market Share By William M. Bulkeley Of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ARMONK, N.Y. (Dow Jones)--Gartner Dataquest's survey of U.S. market share for server computers found that Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) each gained share in the first quarter, according to data released by IBM. During the period, Dell Computer Corp. (DELL) and Compaq Computer Corp. each lost share in the market for computers that sit at the heart of networks of other computers. Servers range from giant mainframes to small departmental e-mail servers. According to the survey, the server market fell 8.7% to $3.92 billion from $4.29 billion in the quarter. IBM remained No. 1 overall, with a 29.3% share in revenue, up 1.3 points; Sun was No. 2 with 23.6% up 2.2 points. HP rose 0.8 points to 9.6% while Compaq, which it is acquiring, fell 1.3 points to 12.6%. The combined companies would have 22.2% of the market making it a close No. 3. Dell's share fell 1.9 points to 10.3%, according to Gartner Dataquest. In Intel servers, Dell remained No. 1 with a 27.5% share, down 2 points, while Compaq was No. 2 with a 24.6% share. The Intel server market fell 17.5% to $1.46 billion from $1.77 billion in the quarter. Gartner Dataquest calculated that Linux servers sales rose 79% to $235.9 million in the quarter, with IBM leading the field with a 34.4% share, up 19 points. Dell, which had a 52% share in Linux a year ago fell to second with a 22% share. -William M. Bulkeley, The Wall Street Journal; 617-654-6704 (END) DOW JONES NEWS 05-14-02 10:12 AM