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To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (29788)10/9/1998 11:22:00 AM
From: Dale M Champlin  Respond to of 33344
 
I don't see why you are patting yourself on the back. There is nothing to suggest it had anything to do with anything other than the merger. They did have the 7th top selling unit(with a MII in it). The article did state that they were in trouble before. If it had not been for their MII 266 machine they would look much worse. (IMHO)
Dale



To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (29788)10/9/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33344
 
Pravin,

Packard Bell has been on a downward spiral for at least 2 years, and of this time, they have used MII less than 3 months.

You could say that they got into trouble because they used Intel only chips. They still sell Intel based PCs.

Joe



To: Pravin Kamdar who wrote (29788)10/9/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: FJB  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33344
 
Pravin,

RE:About six months ago I suggested that using the MII would be the kiss of death for Packard Bell

Do you think the layoff could have been related to the market share losses they experienced before using the MII? Or maybe it's related to the NEC merger? Gee, maybe.

As Joe pointed out, they've been losing market share for a couple years, hard to blame that on a chip they've used for a few months.

Bob