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To: Jules V who wrote (60285)7/14/1998 10:40:00 PM
From: Diamond Jim  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 186894
 
RE: "The sub-$1000 computer market is now Compaq's most profitable line"
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Yes, can't wait to see CPQ announce all those profits tomorrow. Zero.

jim



To: Jules V who wrote (60285)7/15/1998 2:43:00 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
The sub-$1000 is not CPQ's most profitable line. Their accounting is just plain silly. They allocate their overhead costs on a dollar basis, not a unit basis, so they can hide how unprofitable the cheap PCs are.

Tom


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