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To: Meathead who wrote (46620)	6/8/1998 9:37:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176388

Dell still 'Top Dog'. Meathead and all: Say here is an interesting bit of inof. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Monday June 8, 9:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Dell, Sun, Compaq, and Gateway Retain Top Four Positions In TBR Inc. First Quarter 1998 CBQ Ranking HP Slips To #7 from #5 Behind Micron and IBM HAMPTON, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1998--Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HWP - news) fell out of the top five ranking in Technology Business Research Inc.'s (TBR) first calendar quarter 1998 Computer Business Quarterly (CBQ) Benchmark Index, displaced by Micron Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MUEI - news) in fifth place and falling behind International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM - news) in sixth place. This is the second quarter in a row that HP has dropped in rank. Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL - news), Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news), Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE: CPQ - news), and Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW - news) retained their respective top four rankings. TBR's First Quarter 1998 CBQ Benchmark Report, which provides the analysis behind the CBQ Benchmark Index, will be published June 15, 1998. The CBQ Benchmark Index ranks the leading global computer vendors on a comparative basis every quarter, measuring companies' ability to effectively implement strategy, overall and in terms of product sets, marketing strategy, manufacturing strategy, and business model. TBR's Director of Syndicated Services, Joseph Ferlazzo, said that HP's second consecutive quarterly rank decline, putting it in the #7 ranked position, reflects the company's difficulties with managing its cost structures in a period of rapidly declining prices in its fastest growing markets, low-end PCs and low-end printers. ''In mid-1996, HP's ability to grow on a quarterly basis fundamentally changed from +20% year-to-year growth to sub-17% year-to-year growth.'' said Ferlazzo. ''However, it is clear that the company's management incentive packages and financial reporting structures have not yet properly adjusted to this new growth environment. While the CBQ Index does not predict future trends, the company 's drop in rank indicates that it must act quickly to provide management the proper incentives and financial information to manage their businesses to given profit goals.'' TBR specializes in the competitive analysis of the major players in the global computing market and is well known in the industry for its Computer Business Quarterly (CBQ), which provides insights into vendors' quarterly financial performance, implementation of business/market/product strategies, and corporate dynamics. TBR also provides comparative summaries of industry players, computer product databases, and a well respected consulting practice.