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To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (36577)	11/14/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: Dave Sullivan	Respond to of 97611

What do you guys think of this? November 12, 1998 11:30 AM PST Compaq Computer Corp. [NYSE:CPQ] will trial a new model for online advertising giving users the discretion to receive small electronic payments as an incentive for viewing adverts, or to pay to access advert-free content. Compaq will explore the application of the MilliCent technology it inherited from from Digital after the two companies merged. MilliCent, which will now work in tandem with online advertising rather than as a replacement, will be tested with Compaq's online journal, The Rapidly Changing Face of Computing (RCFoC). MilliCent has been available as an experimental electronic payments system for several years, the last trials were conducted by Digital mid-1998. The concept behind the system is to enable online content providers to collect small payments below $5, or "micropayments" for low cost services. A publisher could offer pay per view articles on a Web site, for example. Significantly, Compaq's focus for MilliCent is now as a tool for advertisers, where initially it was conceived as a solution for small content providers that could not attract advertising on the Internet. "Advertisers will benefit from increased hits from users happy to view ads in return for electronic cash," said Compaq, in a statement. "Incentives such as free electronic cash are offered to encourage users to visit an advertiser's sites. The advertiser's profile is improved through increased user traffic." Internet users happy to view advertising will be rewarded with electronic cash they can use with MilliCent vendors elsewhere online. Those who do not wish to see advertising can use their electronic wallets to have it filtered out. "The traditional concept of publishing and advertising isn't working economically on the Internet," said Greg McCane, senior manager, software engineering Australia, Compaq Computer Australia. "There is no incentive for a user to look at an advertiser's site. MilliCent may provide a more workable option. If the user gains electronic money by visiting a site, and can then spend the money at other sites, both the user and the advertiser benefit." Electronic cash schemes have been slow to get off the ground online, with most people happy to use credit cards for purchases and content providers giving visitors free information as a teaser for paid services and to build the brand online. First Virtual Holdings, which also had an electronic cash system, folded in July of this year. Digicash filed for bankruptcy this month, while CyberCash and IBM schemes are either in the early stages of development or have not caught on widely yet. Users can test MilliCent's new model by visiting the RCFoC Web site at millicent.digital.com . Reported By Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com 00:51 CST Reposted 09:59 CST (19981112/WIRES ASIA, ONLINE/MILLICENT/PHOTO) © 1998 Newsbytes. All rights reserved.

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (36577)	11/14/1998 6:26:00 PM
From: rupert1	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

Elwood: We were talking about "She" from the Yahoo thread today. Thought I would re-post her latest contribution to give this thread a flavour. For those who are not aware, she is from Houston and claims to know a lot of Compaq people from way back and currently. Her information has been very good so far, verging on "inside" stuff. Victor _____________________________ she_xlr8s (44/F/TX) ....... someone asked about the digital notebook...all digital notebooks were eliminated except the top of the line notebook. it is now sold under the cpq name & is called armada 7800 series. the only thing changed on it is the cpq name. token ring is LAN networking for pcs that is set up simular to a xmas tree light set with double twist type wiring allowing 72 devices to be connected to a multi access unit and if one goes out the rest still function. electro stated digital direct would be the way to go. not quite that would be too costly and too redundant in most areas to be feasible cpq is right in eliminating redundancy and going towards a more effiecient business plan. as a shareholder i don't want something on a silver platter i want the silver in my pocket. for anyone interested in comdex and e.p.'s key speaking engagement, you should check out ZDTV if you can get it. it will have all the comdex coverage starting at 4 pm. on monday. they also have a web site www.zdtv.com and you should be able to get updates and a link to broadcasts of the key speakers. intel is pushing box makers to build a new proto-type pc they came up with, will push it at comdex this year. if you want a good laugh check it out it's called the aztec, it's the worse looking pc i've ever encountered looks like something ron popeil and mattel dreamed up. i own quite a bit of intel and i sure hope this is not what r&d is spending money on. i hope everyone is using altavista for searches. check out the AVPhoto search, it's pretty sweet. the guy that ran altavista for digital quit when cpq took over, as he did not want to relocate to CA. so once new management takes over you can look for changes and some improvement to the site. i think we're seeing a lot of good changes already. i sense a little bit of tension between "classic compaq" and digital employees in the elimination of some of the company redundancies hopefully this will be ironed out shortly in the best interest of the companies future. well that's all for now. L8R

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (36577)	11/14/1998 9:23:00 PM
From: .com	Respond to of 97611

@Home, Compaq sign distribution deal By Corey Grice Staff Writer, CNET News.com November 16, 1998, 4:00 a.m. PT Compaq Computer and @Home announced today they have signed a distribution deal to market the cable Net access provider's broadband service. The agreement calls for Compaq, the No. 1 PC maker, to distribute the @Home service and both companies will collaborate on a joint marketing and promotional campaign. Specific details of the agreement were not yet released. Do you want to know more? Read related news View story in The Big Picture Go to Message Boards Search News.com The companies intend to roll out the marketing and technology initiatives in early 1999 in regions where @Home is available. @Home has about 210,000 customers in 27 states and provinces in Canada. "Compaq has a tremendous loyal following among its set of retail outlets," said @Home chief executive Tom Jermoluk. The deal comes on the heels of a similar partnership with PC giant Dell Computer. The Dell pact calls for the No. 2 computer maker to make sure @Home's high-speed Net-over-cable service works with Dell's line of Dimension PCs aimed at the home user and small businesses. "I think these are real bellwether acknowledgments of where [Compaq and Dell] think the business is going, the fact that they would make the effort to build this type of capability into their systems," Jermoluk said. Dell is expected to release a line of cable modem-ready computers by early next year.

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (36577)	11/14/1998 11:06:00 PM
From: Yargnad	Respond to of 97611

ELWOOD OR THREAD: Is comdex always a November event? Does anyone remember last years dates? Here's closing price history for Nov. 97. Trying to see how cpq reacted to last years' show. ll-3 ... 67 l/8 ll-4 ... 68 7/l6 ll-5 ... 66 15/16 ll-6 ... 65 7/16 ll-7 ... 64 1/4 ll-l0 ... 6l 3/16 ll-ll ... 6l 7/16 ll-l2 ... 58 ll-l3 ... 62 1/4 ll-l4 ... 62 9/16 ll-l7 ... 66 ll-l8 ... 66 ll-l9 ... 65 ll-20 ... 66 1/2 ll-2l ... 63 11/16 ll-24 ... 60 ll-25 ... 59 3/16 ll-26 ... 6l 13/16 ll-27 ... Thanksgiving ll-28 ... 62 7/16 Yargnad

To: Elwood P. Dowd who wrote (36577)	11/15/1998 2:37:00 AM
From: Dr. David Gleitman	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

El, Do you really think that CPQ will outperform DELL, near term? I currently hold both. Your thoughts are appreciated. David