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To: Eddie Kim who wrote (36768)	4/6/1998 2:28:00 PM
From: Meathead	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Just giving you a hard time. You make valid points. My money will continue to be on Dell however. Years ago when I dumped Apple (for different reasons) and began buying Dell, I remember the nay-sayers all insisting that Dell was just a junky mail order box maker and there was no way Dell would ever come close to Apple in terms of sales. My how times have changed. It's all about having an efficient delivery mechanism for relevant technology at the right price and the right time. Dell is clearly miles ahead of the pack here. As for consistency, a real eye opener is to create a simple bar graph of quarterly revenue and earnings for Compaq and Dell for the last 5 years and compare. The Dell chart is a thing of predictable beauty while Compaq's is a tad jagged. MEATHEAD

To: Eddie Kim who wrote (36768)	4/6/1998 9:13:00 PM
From: K. M. Strickler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

EK, One of the reasons that a company buys from various sources is to 'compare' the companies product and service, ease of installation and upgrading. If you were running a company, wouldn't you investigate the various suppliers on an ongoing basis, or just stick with the first supplier that you got, regardless of what happened in the future? I would worry about that company taking advantage of that relationship somewhere in the future! Regards, ken