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To: The Phoenix who wrote (64767)	9/10/1998 3:44:00 PM
From: freeus	Respond to of 176387

re who buys Gateway, CPQ or DELL Last year Mikie was interviewed about CPQ's acquisition of Dig Equip. He indicated he was adverse to acquiring any company, that he felt mergers were difficult and costly and that DELL prefers to improve itself from within. Freeus

To: The Phoenix who wrote (64767)	9/10/1998 3:47:00 PM
From: LWolf	Respond to of 176387

Gary.... who buys DELL? At the attached link you'll find the reference for Harvard Business Review Press. The HBR article on DELL's business model can be purchased online (.pdf format) for a nominal amount. The article discusses their business model and their customers. #reply-5405956 regards, laura

To: The Phoenix who wrote (64767)	9/10/1998 4:02:00 PM
From: LWolf	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Gary... don't know if you saw this post from interview with MD. #reply-5545989 here's one of the key ideas: YOUR COMPETITORS ARE MOVING INTO THE SERVICE MARKETS. IS DELL THINKING ABOUT GOING INTO THE SERVICE BUSINESS? ANSWER (DELL): Well, you know, it's almost like we are going in 180 degrees different directions. Dell's moving its service model to the Internet in automated, non-labor intensive fashion, and our competitor acquired a company with 55 thousand employees who are primarily field based service - which is really more of a traditional, old way of doing service - and I really like that equation - that sounds like a good way to compete to me and I'm real excited about that.