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To: Sig who wrote (83857)	12/5/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: Randy Marsh	Respond to of 176387

Just went online to order my new 450MZ Dell. The price dropped $100.00 from the qoute I pulled this morning. Lucky me. RM

To: Sig who wrote (83857)	12/5/1998 2:14:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

E-commerce will account for sales of $32 billion this year - IDC (International Data Corp.) Thanks Sig: need to get some of those,come to think of it I had'em all one time or the other and I still do through some of my mutual funds. Here is an excerpt from AsiaInc. ========================================================= Estimates for the amount of e-commerce taking place vary, but virtually all analysts predict dramatic growth over the next few years. According to International Data Corp., e-commerce will account for sales of $32 billion this year. By 2002 the company expects the total value of Internet-based transactions to be $425 billion. Internet penetration in Asia is increasing exponentially. Projections from Dell estimate that China will become the second-biggest market in the world for personal computers within five years. With that growth in computer use will come growth in Internet access, although analysts do not expect China to become a major e-commerce market for two to five years. Already, however, Internet cafŽs in urban centers like Beijing and Shanghai are enjoying brisk business, and most of China's universities have set up computer centers that offer Internet access to students who pay by the hour. Asia Online, Sinanet and China.com are major players gearing up to take a slice of the PRC's e-commerce pie. Asia Online boasts 500,000 customers and expects to earn $200 million in 1999. Sinanet says its earnings will triple between this year and next. Most auspiciously for e-commerce in China, the country's official news agency, Xinhua, has entered the market through its backing of China Internet Corp. (China.com). CIC's other backers include some equally big hitters: Microsoft, Reuters, Sun Microsystems and Dun & Bradstreet, among others.......