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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (93789)	2/2/1999
From: exhon2004	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Mohan: I called Dell today to order a notebook for a tech I'm sending to training in late Feb. I was bounced around from personal voice mail to personal voice mail and back and forth from that back to operators. Every time I spoke to the operator I asked for a different rep hoping to get someone who was free. It took twenty minutes to get to a live body that could help. You're post indicates PC vendors in general were awfully busy in January. Well I'm here ta tell ya if my phone experience is any indication February is starting off even busier. When I talked to the rep, I told him I was a Dell shareholder and if they were really that busy I'd be okay being left on hold until tomorrow. (GGG) Best Regards, Greg Gimelli PS: I wonder if someone can check the meter on their 800 line as a measure of business activity?

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (93789)	2/2/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: JRI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Mo- re: Brisk Japan sales....It's called the: "The mattress-is-full, and-the-two-little-safes-I-bought-don't-have-no-more-room,and-oh-hell-what-am-I-saving-this-money-for-anyway-(I still live with my parents)- effect".... Geez, if the Japanese consumer starts spending....As Dick Enberg (NBC Sports would say) "Oh my"...

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (93789)	2/2/1999 12:44:00 AM
From: Yamakita	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

Mohan, the rise in PC sales in Japan certainly accords with my anecdotal experience. Dell has some very sexy ads plastered all over the subways and commuter train lines. (I live in Tokyo) You can hear people talking about the ads all the time (and I never fail to pipe in and begin wildly selling how great the machines are . . . ) I cannot heap enough praise upon the tech staff of the Tokyo (actually Kawasaki) Dell office; It's almost freaky how responsive they are--they genuinely seem to care how pleasant your computing experience is. I have pointed megabusiness their way because of it. I've become pretty good friends with one woman who works there; she has an almost reverent feeling for Round Rock. I think her dream might be to marry an American and move to Texas . . . . : ^ )

To: Mohan Marette who wrote (93789)	2/2/1999 8:37:00 AM
From: Patrick E.McDaniel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Mohan, Dan Reeves got a bypass now Bill Gates. Oracle Says Dell Will Make Server Devices That Bypass Windows Oracle Corp. Chairman Larry Ellison said Dell Computer Corp. will be the second computer maker to manufacture and sell server appliances that bypass Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. In a speech at the NationsBanc Montgomery Securities Conference in San Francisco on Monday, Ellison also said Oracle, the No. 1 database maker, is talking with Compaq Computer Corp., the world's No. 2 computer maker, about making the devices. Dell, the world's No. 3 personal-computer maker, joins Hewlett-Packard Co. in working with Oracle on the product, code-named Raw Iron. H-P, the world's third-largest computer maker, made its announcement last week. ''Oracle has really pulled off a significant competitive move here,'' said Merv Adrian, an analyst at Giga Information Group. ''There's a substantial number of people who only want to run an Oracle database. What would be more appliance-like than taking a server and plugging it in. That's about as utilitarian as you could get.'' ''I think they have every reason to believe lots of people are going to buy this,'' he said. Oracle will use the core of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Solaris operating system to build so-called server appliances, powerful computers that will let businesses access database software without using a full operating system. Oracle has been seeking ways to blunt Microsoft's dominance of the operating system market and sell more products to corporations and businesses. Sun, another vocal Microsoft rival, and Oracle are betting that corporate customers want easy-to-use, powerful machines as an alternative to Microsoft-based computers........... Pat