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To: manohar kanuri who wrote (288)	12/4/1998 3:02:00 PM
From: Robert Douglas	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1989

Mano, Sorry the BW article left the China issue and went on to the three-tier strategy that seems to be working so well. You are probably right and more people will realize they don't need that computing horsepower. But the conclusion I drew is that there are a lot of geeks and nerds in this world. Anyone who buys a Pentium II and hauls it away with his bicycle is by definition a geek. These people seem to have broken out of the traditional model of economic advancement. First they meet their basic needs for food, clothing and shelter. Then they buy a Pentium II. I would be curious to see how many of those buyers were shoeless. <g> -Robert

To: manohar kanuri who wrote (288)	12/4/1998 3:04:00 PM
From: LK2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1989

RE-->how long before the Chinese masses hump the learning curve and figure out that high-end stuff to do low-end chores is overkill?< It could take the Chinese almost as long as the rest of the world to figure out what an expensive PC is for. (Posted by an idiot who actually shorted DELL late last year because he didn't believe in "overpriced" PCs. But the idiot covered his short at a loss, thank heavens, or else he'd be in the soup lines) Regards, Larry