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To: Dr. Id who wrote (28064)	6/24/1998 12:19:00 AM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

The big benefit of being in the market early is that "There were companies that were diehard Compaq or IBM PC server accounts, but because [those vendors] didn't have this 8-way system, they went to HP. We've broken into number of accounts that were Compaq strongholds. Now we have a place at the bidding table that we might not have had before," explained Cox. news.com It's a smart move, because it allows [Compaq] to capitalize on the services, which is a different revenue stream. IBM has demonstrated for many years that services, software and support are really very good profit engines. zdnet.com