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To: Jules B. Garfunkel who wrote (2978)	4/27/1998 2:49:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Respond to of 8220

Jules , INTC or MSFT not on Ford's IT list , but IBM is there INTC as a "mainframe killer" is only a dream . Let's face it PC servers do not have the application software to replace mainframes and network OSs are limited . Desktop processing is mainly word processing and mainframes in large organizations are the data handling backbones which is confirmed by Ford's IT "outsourcing" services RPQ specs : " According to sources, Ford has asked vendors to supply information on how to handle data centers, telecommunications, asset management for desktops, applications development and maintenance, product development, and numerically intensive computing " . Regards, Jim K. PS: Jules I used to regularly speak at IBM's Princeton, NJ financial application seminars and would visit EF Hutton's NYC main office to see an old buddy (VP in block trading) .