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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (100232)	2/16/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Now read this and weep,try to do it without moving your lips ok.<vbg> Michael: It appears 'you guys' have a 'comprehension' problem ,by 'you guys' I mean Kumar,Niles,'the-people-who-makes-money-the-old-fashioned-way',I am setting aside your opinion since you are merely parroting theirs without putting much thought into it. Read it real 'slow-like'. "..According to IDC, Dell's U.S. and worldwide shipments in the fourth quarter jumped 56 percent over the same quarter in 1997, compared with 21 percent for the industry in the U.S. and 15.4 percent worldwide. Worldwide, Compaq accounted for 14.8 percent of PC sales in 1998, up from 14.2 percent in 1997. No. 2 IBM slipped from a 9 percent share to 8.8 percent, while Dell closed in on IBM, growing from 5.9 percent to 8.5 percent in 1998, IDC estimated...."

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (100232)	2/16/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: DellFan	Respond to of 176387

And nowwwww, for the rest of the story. (Paul Harvey) Michael: You left off the next two paragraphs. Or maybe you hadn't gotten that far when you posted. To wit: "Compaq's gains reflect its strength as the leading supplier of consumer PCs during the seasonally strong holiday sales season, and Dell's minor role in the consumer market compared to its focus on the corporate market, analysts said. Schaub said it was more meaningful to compare fourth quarter results with the year-ago fourth quarter, which eliminates some of seasonal differences. "Compaq gets an extra consumer bump that Dell doesn't get in the fourth quarter but don't let that obscure the fact that Dell is basically right on their tail," Dataquest's Schaub said"