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To: abraves who wrote (94299)	2/3/1999 6:56:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

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To: abraves who wrote (94299)	2/3/1999 7:04:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Here is the IDC report for Q4 and 1998 from their website. abraves: Outlook for the market today? I have no idea. Outlook for Dell excellent for the next few years. Outlook for making couple of trades today good. Seriously I quit worrying about the day to day moves of the market and Dell's daily stock price movements a a while back 'coz it is a total waste of time unless one is some sort of a trader of the stock. Here is the IDC report. idcresearch.com

To: abraves who wrote (94299)	2/3/1999 7:13:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

PCs here to stay, Compaq CEO says abraves: Here is little tidbit I found in computerworld. By Kristi Essick Online News, 02/02/99 05:22 PM) Though the future will see the proliferation of many small-scale Internet access devices, the PC will remain the most important way to get online, Eckhard Pfeiffer, president and CEO of Compaq Computer Corp., said at an industry conference held in Paris today. Speaking to a crowd of about 3,000 French business and consumer computer enthusiasts at the first annual Information and High Technology Forum, Pfeiffer said he isn't worried that PC popularity will decline. Though smart phones, handheld computers, set-top boxes and other Internet access devices will soon allow a large percentage of people to connect to the Internet easily and cheaply, Pfeiffer predicted that PCs will remain the most popular way to get online. "The truth is, people want full-function PCs," Pfeiffer said. He applauded the fact that simpler, less expensive machines will allow more people to experience the Internet. But he said the devices will exist alongside PCs, not replace them. In fact, two-PC homes will become common in the U.S. and increasingly in Europe, where consumers are rapidly catching the Internet wave, he said. The CEO also pointed to his competitors' attempts to launch the network computer, saying that not all new devices end up catching on, let alone seriously threatening PCs. "If you look around now for a [network computer], good luck -- you won't find any," he said. Compaq plans to ship all of its computers in the near future with Internet-ready capabilities, Pfeiffer said. Currently, the company is shipping some of its Presario models with a built-in Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line modem and will ship models with satellite and cable modems as well in the coming year.