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To: earlyj who wrote (9621)	7/24/1998 12:25:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

Sorry if this was already posted. OS revenues should be very good: Retail PC Sales Grew 20 Percent in June (07/23/98; 5:37 p.m. ET) By Todd Wasserman, Computer Retail Week PC revenues jumped 33.8 percent and unit sales were up 21.5 percent in June, compared with May, as the release of Windows 98 revived retail desktop sales, according to market researcher PC Data. Compaq Computer [CPQ] was one of the big winners, as unit sales of Compaq PCs grew 81 percent from May to June, and revenues leaped 85 percent for the period. Commanding 25.4 percent of the market, Compaq regained the top spot, which Hewlett-Packard briefly occupied in May. HP [HP] was the only PC vendor among the top four performers in June to show a decline in units from the prior month, dropping to No. 3 with a 12.9 percent market share. HP's June unit sales fell 11.7 percent from May. Revenues also fell 23 percent. The best-selling PC, however, was HP's 8250, which is powered by Intel's Celeron chip. IBM [IBM] finished second to Compaq with a 15.9 percent share, as sales of AMD-based PCs accounted for 60 percent of IBM's total unit volume. IBM's unit sales jumped 44 percent over May. Revenues were up about 102 percent for the period. Packard Bell NEC fell from No. 3 to No. 4 with a 10.5 percent share. The vendor's unit sales were up 19.9 percent in June compared with May. Revenues were up about 26 percent for the period. Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] also had a good month, as its chips were found in 26.2 percent of all PCs sold in June. In the sub-$1,000 segment, AMD's K6 chips represented almost 45 percent of the market. Stephen Baker, an analyst for PC Data, Reston, Va., said market share for the sub-$1,000 category last month rose 190 percent compared with June 1997. The category now accounts for about 45 percent of the market, he said. Even as sales grew, the average selling price for Windows-based PCs hit a new low of $1,123 in June, PC Data reported. That number is a 20 percent decrease from June 1997.

To: earlyj who wrote (9621)	7/25/1998 12:18:00 AM
From: ed	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74651

It is right for the government officials to talk the followings in public: 1) The interest rate, the Asian financial crisis, the hot money from overseas, the productivity, the inflation/deflation, the hot money, the profit prospect of cooperate America, the budget deficit/surplus, the trade issues ... It is not right for the government officials to talk the following in public: 1) The stock is due for a drop, no stock will grow forever, the stock market will have a correction pretty soon, the stock market will climb pretty soon, ....etc. Those should be up to the investors to make their own decisions. We told the world that we have a free market system in the United States, and it is very ironic that the Government officials talk down/up the stock market in public. It just make people very confused what is the definition of free market system. No one should abuse its power.