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To: hpeace who wrote (13570)	1/14/1998 7:52:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

What is good for the goose is good for the gander, or is it? Steve, many thanks. Very revealing indeed. The question is while implementing the BTO model to squeeze out every penny out of each product,will the suppliers and channel assemblers be able to withstand the tremendous stress put on them by the OEMs.Sure,it is a good deal for OEMS,but is it a good deal for component suppliers and the channels? I think in the end there is going to be a lot of bankruptcies among the weak suppliers,as most of them are working on thin margins to begin with and to carry additional burden will be disastrous to many,wouldn't it be?