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To: jim kelley who wrote (83851)	12/5/1998 1:56:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Quote of the day from a Japanese VAR talking about Compaq's direct model. Jim: An interesting perspective from a VAR a Japanese one at that as we know what the U.S VARs are saying already.Looks like Compaq succeeded in pissing off not only the American VARs but also the international ones,way to go I say.<g> ====================================================== ..."We cannot accept any agent program from companies like Compaq that regard retailers as only brokers. Even if we manage to generate the same profit level, our sales will fall to a tenth, and in such a case, we will have to sell products of other makers," an official at a VAR said.... Source:Nikkei.