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To: Tony Viola who wrote (26331)	11/16/1998 9:10:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 70976

Tony, thanks! Sounds quite positive. Amazing that > Despite the Asian contagion and economic problems in other emerging markets such as Russia and Brazil, Intel's own data suggests that PC demand in these markets jumped quite significantly in Q3 - leaving the PC market relatively unscathed even in the face of overall economic weakness in these regions. The company's own research suggests that the Internet remains the #1 reason why home users buy PCs. Intel itself reckons that it now does about $1 Billion per month in business over the Internet since July.< That >$1 Billion per month in business over the Internet since July.< is astonishing. Total sales last year were 25 billion. Gottfried