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Technology Stocks : Compaq -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nicholas who wrote (23405)	3/26/1998 9:18:00 PM
From: Nicholas	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

"Adams discounted market reports that Compaq was encouraging retailers to order as much product as possible now in anticipation of a "dry period" between April and June, because of the Windows 98 launch. Acknowledging that retailers are encouraged to buy heavily and that a period of lighter availability is expected, she said both were related to normal Compaq business cycles." PC Vendors Wary Of Upgrade Costs techweb.com First, it's a dry period between January and March. Now it's a dry period from April to June. What's going on here? Seems like this EL NINO is everywhere. Nicholas