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To: RealMuLan who wrote (44388)1/23/1999 1:54:00 AM
From: Peter Singleton  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
hey, Earlie, you gotta sec? I think Yiwu's found something for ya ...

<<PC Server Market Growth Restrained But
Rebound Expected For 1999, According to IDC

...

Framingham, MA, January 18, 1999 -- A newly released PC Server
Year-In-Review bulletin from
International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that the worldwide PC
server market experienced restrained
growth in 1998 with a year over year increase in revenue of just 8%.
This modest increase demonstrates
markedly slower growth than in both 1997 and 1996, with growth rates of
42% and 50% respectively. ...>>



To: RealMuLan who wrote (44388)1/23/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
YZ, Gee, IBM stuffed the channel to achieve 5% revenue growth in servers? The tone of that one is certainly a bit milder than gbh's URL htat talks about 100% growth in servers. <G>

BTW, IDC was predicting 17% server revenue growth for 1998. I guess 8% is close.

More proof that the slowdown on the business side of the business, the most important side, is real.

Also, the price cutting doesn't sound all that good for Dell.

MB


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