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To: Jim Patterson who wrote (32475)	3/5/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Jim, Are you spreading fear again with out the facts as they apply to DELL? MARK MY WORDS. Dell has caused todays stock market down draft due to their BTO. Dell is not being affected by INTCs, CPU, or CPQs problems, they are causing them. Greg

To: Jim Patterson who wrote (32475)	3/5/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: Paul Merriwether	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 176387

Totally! According to some on this thread: intc is experiencing a slowdown in orders. cpq, hwp, ibm are going to suffer, but dell is going to come out unscathed. The argument goes that since cpq and ibm are also buying from amd, they are not buying as much from intc. hwp is a loser company to start with. Facts: intel proclaims slowing demand. amd announces fabrication snafus, poor yield etc. for their el-cheapo processors(therefore, they are barely able to meet their quotas and hence could not be stealing from intc's table). growing sub-$700 pc market(wich dell has ignored), and which is evidently cannibalizing more expensive workstations(atleast in terms of a decreasing ASP). increasing evidence of a looming price war. I have seen time and again that companies that shun the commodity segment of the market lose out over the long term. imho, the only thing saving dell from a crash(to $70 pre-split) at this point is "buy the dip" mentality. I would also like to add that dell is a good company with a good track record and very good execution etc., but its hard to imagine that it can sustain its growth rate given a slowdown in the market. good luck all!