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To: Sig who wrote (82212)	11/24/1998 6:10:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Happy Thanksgiving Sig. Did you see that I copied and pasted correctly, in the last post?I'm so proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Freeus

To: Sig who wrote (82212)	11/24/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Tale of two computer buyers: Sprint and Black & Decker (DELL wins Sprint, CPQ gets Black and Decker) austin360.com:80/biz/11nov/23/23customers.htm When Sprint Communications Co. began a five-month evaluation of its computing needs late last year, it looked hard at products and services from the two Texas personal computer giants, Compaq Computer Corp. and Dell Computer Corp. The long-distance and Internet-access provider based in Kansas City, Mo., had used Compaq's computers for more than 10 years, said Lorin Olsen, Sprint's senior manager of enterprise network services. But a few years ago, it began updating the desktops with Dell's. At stake in this year's contract, which would extend almost three years, were tens of thousands of desktops and notebooks and hundreds of servers. Dell and Compaq fight aggressively for such accounts and aren't shy about trumpeting their victories. Dell has alerted the press -- and investors -- to its sales victories with increasing frequency. In a week's time recently, Dell announced sales to Sara Lee Corp. and FTD. Dell won the Sprint account, Olsen said, because it offered comparable computers at lower prices and was more flexible about meeting the needs of Sprint, a company with $15 billion in revenues and more than 16 million customers. "Dell was much more willing to partner with Sprint than Compaq was at the time," he said. "Compaq was still trying to leverage a premium price for what are becoming commodity components," he said. But a $2 billion unit of Black & Decker Corp. was willing to pay the higher cost for Compaq equipment. The company's North American Power Tools Group already owned computers made by Compaq and Digital Equipment Corp., which Compaq acquired this year. Moreover, Black & Decker was concerned about abandoning its Unix-based system that supports functions that must continue to keep the business going, said Will Kostelecky, director of operations for the North American unit. Windows NT, Microsoft Corp.'s most powerful operating system that is steadily eating away at the Unix market, still can't be trusted with the most vital, demanding functions, he said. "All the transaction-processing system was Unix, all the hardware was Digital," he said. "I'm waiting for NT to support a terabyte of data." Analysts agree that DEC's Alpha chip and Unix systems will provide Compaq an edge in the high-end server business, at least until an industrial-strength Windows NT is released. That is not expected until 2000 or beyond. In the meantime, the Black & Decker division will buy dozens of Compaq servers and hundreds of desktops, Kostelecky said.

To: Sig who wrote (82212)	11/24/1998 7:32:00 PM
From: arthur pritchard	Respond to of 176387

Thank you Sig: <purpose of this thread> Greatly appreciate your comments! Have a relaxing break, and I will also. Please believe me when I say that I am WITH ALL of you. You will see over time, that I am constructive, and get no satisfaction at all out of any kind of interference with groups, including this. If any of my comments initially seem overly harsh or direct, you will soon see that I will fit in to the process here. If anything, my initial perceived "harshness" is my particular way to get on board quickly. I do sense an urgency which I do not think is representative of feelings here. Undoubtedly, we all agree that there are huge changes taking place; but nothing that Dell management can't keep up with--providing that adequate resources are applied. Very soon, you will find me "fitting in", and not so much of a nuisance! From the very beginning, you know that I was especially appreciative of your grip on things here; I believe in the long run, you will be pleased with my role here. Enough for now, and my apologies to anyone else I may have offended. Regards, arthur..

To: Sig who wrote (82212)	11/24/1998 7:50:00 PM
From: Venkie	Respond to of 176387

We may see onsl up tomorrow like today..even better...ahhhhhhh I am truly convinced after today that dell is not a day-trading stock for me..at least for now...I actually spent the money for the down payment to my new house to buy dell<gg> for real..I am down 1/2 on my trade....... Hey..This damn stupid onsl could be a rocket ride.. Dell is still the best company in the world...but not for day-trading...Let it rest a little while longer but let it hit above 66 tomorrow..even for 30 seconds