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To: Lee who wrote (86463)	12/21/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

DELL, we didn't get where we are today for nothing,'am not kiddin' either. Lee: Forget about what could have been,you wouldn't believe how much money I gave back on some of them NUTS, but this DELL-NUT is a keeper.<vbg> Check this out for size. keynote.com =================================== ONLINE SHOPPING WEB SITES DELIVER WINNING PERFORMANCE.. ..onslaught of Internet Holiday Shoppers; Based On Over 800,000 Performance Measurements by Keynote Systems Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1998--The leading online shopping web sites are servicing holiday shoppers with performance and availability rates better than the industry-average business web site according to a study by Keynote Systems, the recognized authority on Internet performance. On December 17, for example, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivered its home page in an average of 4.9 seconds with an availability rate of 99.4 percent compared to an industry average of 9.2 seconds and 97.5 percent. The study was based on over 800,000 measurements taken last week from around the United States of the web sites of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), Gateway (NYSE:GTW), Lands' End (NYSE:LE), Virtual Vineyards and the industry-standard Keynote Business 40 Index.... Performance and availability rates from December 17, representative of the measurements taken last week, are: Amazon.com - 4.9 seconds, 99.4% Barnes & Noble - 7.3 seconds, 99.2% Dell - 8.3 seconds, 99.1% Gateway - 6.4 seconds, 86.7% Lands' End - 9.0 seconds, 91.5% Virtual Vineyards - 4.9 seconds, 96.7% Keynote Business 40 Index - 9.2 seconds, 97.5% "With e-commerce on the Web, performance and availability are crucial factors in retaining and satisfying online customers," said Umang Gupta, chairman and CEO of Keynote Systems. "This study as well as our Web Brokerage Index and Keynote Business 40 Index scientifically measure and report these quality of service factors to the public for the most important e-commerce activities on the Internet today." How Keynote Measures Quality of Service..