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To: Venkie who wrote (79155)	11/12/1998 5:17:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

VENKIE..... DELL 65 7/8 in after hours. Fell .02 short of the whisper number. look for DELL to come back down to earth from here. The golden days are over for this nose-bleeder. El

To: Venkie who wrote (79155)	11/12/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: Elwood P. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Compaq foresees market-share grab By Brenon Daly, CBS MarketWatch Last Update: 3:06 PM ET Nov 12, 1998 NewsWatch SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Compaq Computer, the world's largest personal-computer maker, will take market share away from rivals in the coming year, a company executive said Thursday. John Nicholson, a Compaq (CPQ) vice president, said a key to the company's performance is the direct-sales initiative announced Wednesday. See related story. Following the leader The move matches earlier steps from rivals Dell Computer (DELL) and Gateway (GTW). High-flying Dell is set to report third-quarter results after the market closes Thursday. See related story. Compaq sells both PCs and -- through its acquisition of Digital Equipment earlier this year -- larger corporate computers. Nicholson said he sees "strong demand" for computers next year, adding that he's "encouraged" by a report from the Semiconductor Industry Association that projects chip manufacturers should see sales growth of 9.1 percent in 1999. See related story. Busy CEO Nicholson was speaking at Oracle OpenWorld. Originally, Compaq's chief executive, Eckhard Pfeiffer, was slated to give the speech at Oracle's annual get-together, but the company's new direct-sales program has him tied up, Nicholson said. Pfeiffer did appear briefly in a satellite address. A number of the 10,000 or so attendees left after Pfeiffer's five-minute introductory speech. Thursday marked the first time Compaq has sponsored a day at OpenWorld. Other full-day sponsors at Oracle's meeting included Sun Microsystems and Intel.