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Technology Stocks : HWP -- Hewlett Packard -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William Partmann who wrote (2533)	8/6/1998 9:39:00 AM
From: JohnO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4722

OFF TOPIC Wal-Mart has introduced their new computer Built-To-Order on their web site wal-mart.com AMGV has been chosen as the exclusive computer BTO for this site. Offering their "Avail" brand computer on Wal-Mart Online and also Microsoft's 12 million plus Hotmail.com subscribers. availpc.com hotmail.com The growth opportunity for AMGV through this valuable association with Wal-Mart and Microsoft is tremendous. Business Wire AMERICAN GENERAL VENTURES PROVIDES BUILD-TO-ORDER COMPUTERS ON WAL-MART STORES INC.'S ONLINE STORE BUSINESS AND HIGH TECH EDITORS COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--American General Ventures, Inc. (OTC BB:AMGV.O), through its wholly owned subsidiary ACI Micro Systems, Inc. (ACI) announced that its Build-To-Order (BTO) desktop, tower and notebook computers are now available at Wal-Mart Online (www.wal-mart.com). American General Ventures has been selected as the exclusive vendor for the Wal-Mart BTO computer program. The Company began its partnership with Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT.N) in 1995 by distributing its pre-configured computers through numerous Wal-Mart retail outlets. Because of the success ACI had with these retail stores, expanding its presence from eight to 70 stores in one year, the Company was asked in June 1997 to feature its computers on the retailer's new Internet storefront. ACI's "Avail" line of pre-configured computers has since occupied a prominent position on that web site and is consistently a featured item. The Company believes that the BTO computer program will greatly exceed the sales of previous programs as it allows consumers to custom configure a computer to their own particular desires and represents the fastest growing segment of the personal computer industry. The Company also recently announced that it has implemented its own secure e-commerce web site to increase the marketing and distribution of its computer products via the Internet. The Company's web site (www.availpc.com) is promoted through Hotmail, a free e-mail service owned by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT.O). Hotmail's membership of over 16 million registered users makes it the world's largest free e-mail service. The Company's web site features a direct link to Wal-Mart's BTO web site. --30--MG/dx* CONTACT: American General Ventures, Inc. Investor Relations, (719) 548-1616 x16

To: William Partmann who wrote (2533)	8/6/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: Dale J.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4722

William that is good news. I bought HWP at 56 and I bought some more today at ~52. The PC inventories have been greatly reduced. HP's Unix market is #1. PC and Servers are usually stronger in the second half. And HWP already pre-announced. I hope I don't have it all wrong, but I think this stock is poised for a rebound. Dale

To: William Partmann who wrote (2533)	8/7/1998 6:05:00 AM
From: Rauf A. Adil	Respond to of 4722

SUN SURGES AHEAD IN SERVER MARKET, COMMANDS FIRST PLACE FOR TOTAL UNIX SERVER SHIPMENTS Sun Tops Three Server Market Categories and Posts 75 Percent Growth Rate for Shipments, According to International Data Corporation PALO ALTO, CA - July 27, 1998 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. has reached a major milestone, capturing UNIXr server market leadership by outranking all competitors in UNIX server International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC reports Sun jumped from number three to number one in the UNIX server market for total units shipped, in the process dethroning the tied leaders from the previous year, IBM and Hewlett-Packard (H-P). Further illustrating Sun's explosive growth in the server market, the company achieved a 75 percent year-over-year increase in total server shipments, according to IDC. Sun's momentum in this market roundly outpaced total unit shipment growth by competitors IBM (27 percent), H-P (40 percent) and Compaq (45 percent) for calendar year 1997 (CY97). Overall, Sun's UNIX server market factory revenue increased 58 percent in CY97. According to IDC, Sun ranked third in total server market factory revenue with an 18.6 percent market share, beating all Windows NT-based and UNIX competitors other than IBM and H-P. Sun earned first place in two other key market segments identified by IDC, topping the list for unit shipments in both the UNIX entry market (systems priced at less than $100,000) and the UNIX midrange market (systems from $100,000 to $1,000,000). This translates to a 79 percent increase in UNIX entry unit shipments and a 50 percent increase in UNIX midrange unit shipments for the company over the previous year. In its first year competing in the UNIX high-end market (systems priced above $1,000,000), Sun ranked third in high-end unit shipments, outpacing ensconced high-end systems vendors Silicon Graphics Inc. (fourth place) and IBM (fifth place), according to IDC. "Sun's aggressive server strategy has propelled the company up the ranks, and the strength of this strategy is today substantiated by the IDC numbers," said John Shoemaker, vice president and general manager, Sun Enterprise Desktop and Server Systems. "Our commitment to installing and servicing best price/performance systems in every major industry has led Fortune 1000 powerhouses to turn to Sun because we provide the best server solutions for their mission-critical needs." In 1997, Sun executed a dual attack that altered both ends of the server spectrum, first by redefining the high end with the release of the mainframe-class SunTM EnterpriseTM 10000 (also known as StarfireTM) server, which has received large market acceptance. The Starfire system broke new ground by being the first UNIX server to offer mainframe-like dynamic system domains. Currently offering an industry-leading maximum of eight domains, the Starfire system allows network managers to partition and dynamically reconfigure system components into separate domains, thereby optimizing resource allocation and workload flexibility. In the same year, Sun drove into the low end and successfully shook up the Windows NT-based camp by introducing the power-packed Sun Enterprise 450 workgroup server. "Sun has made incredible strides in enterprise computing over the past few years, and really caught competitors by surprise in 1997 with its success selling the enterprise server line to large commercial sites and corporate workgroups alike," said Jay Bretzmann, vice president of worldwide systems research at IDC. "We believe Sun is likely to maintain this momentum in 1998 and will continue to gain share at the expense of its competitors."