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To: rudedog who wrote (39687)	12/11/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: PCSS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Think we just got a hoarde of enthusiasts on CPQ's side Compaq Web Advisory: Compaq releases Linux Prototype Driver for Compaq PCI-based Array Controllers go2net.newsalert.com Getting to be fun. Michael

To: rudedog who wrote (39687)	12/11/1998 5:49:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 97611

I think Rick Mancuso wanted around 500k for this particular car. Small world - Lake Forest is a pretty nice place. As for the Intel chip discussion, it seems pretty clear to me that alternate suppliers give a boxmaker better pricing leverage. Back in the 1980's IBM salesman were 'order takers' for 3081/3090/etc. Fork over 20 million and get in line. I remember companies selling their places in line for new mainframe models. No pricing leverage for the customer. Today, with competition, the situation is far different, and mainframes are much more affordable. I wonder if Celeron would have been invented if AMD were not out there selling low priced chips... John