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To: Gus who wrote (1835)	12/17/1997 6:48:00 PM
From: Sheba	Respond to of 9256

Gus, not to get into rival news articles, but here is another take on Dell and the question of lower unit sales and revenue. The reason I was somewhat surprised at the other articles was that Dell had gained so much in total units shipped and revenues. According to their last earnings report for the Aug-Oct quarter, they increased the number of desktop units shipped at three times the industry average. Dell has also been widely quoted as stating that sales through their web site increased from $1 million/day to $3 million/day during the month of Oct. Currently, they're claiming about $3 million/day with some $6 million days because of Christmas, but I can't remember the source, so take that with a grain of salt. techweb.com BTW, about that Financial Times article. While I agree that the IMF has been responsible for mammoth incompetence, undue economic hardship, ecologic stupidity, shoring up brutal dictatorships, etc., I really do not think that Korea would have spontaneously fixed their banking problems. The chaebols and the politicians have a very close and corrupt relationship. Also, interesting about the blue laser. I'll have to read the article in Science.