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To: Rob Young who wrote (46635)	2/2/1999 12:51:00 AM
From: Night Writer	Respond to of 97611

COMPAQ COMPUTER said sales of its new Prosignia personal computer line sold via the telephone or Internet, jumped to more than $1 mln a day, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday. The company estimates that 70% of those sales would have gone to rivals, primarily DELL COMPUTER and GATEWAY 2000 INC, Compaq Vice President, Kenny Kurtzman, told the Journal. "We're getting customers to switch from our major competitors," Kurtzman told the paper. Surveys of customers who bought from Compaq indicated that half would have bought from other direct sellers and another 14% would have purchased another manufacturer's PC from a dealer, Kurtzman told the paper. (Reuters 12:46 AM ET 02/01/99) For the full text story, see infobeat.com