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To: William F. Wager, Jr. who wrote (109817)	3/16/1999 9:16:00 PM
From: Walcalla	Respond to of 176387

No sir, I said up front that this was not the whole article,then I gave a link to the article. I am 100% behind Dell but I can not read only the good things about Dell and pass over the bad. -Walcalla

To: William F. Wager, Jr. who wrote (109817)	3/16/1999 9:17:00 PM
From: TechMkt	Respond to of 176387

Here's tonights great news. Fez _____________ Dell, Gateway, Micron Win $400 Mln Contract to Sell PCs to U.S. Nampa, Idaho, March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Dell Computer Corp., Gateway 2000 Inc. and Micron Electronics Inc., the three largest direct sellers of personal computers, together won a contract worth as much as $400 million to sell PCs to the U.S. Air Force and other Department of Defense units. Dell, Gateway and Micron Electronics, which sell most of their PCs directly to customers on the phone and the Internet, are the three approved vendors from which any agency within the Defense Department can buy PCs, servers and laptop computers. The department didn't disclose how the revenue will be allocated. The companies will compete for the department's business by offering promotions, custom computers and other services. Dell has set up a special Web site and has several models that the Air Force can order. Micron also has identified which models will be offered and will include its Micron University service, which provides free Internet-based tutorials, training and seminars. Dell, Gateway and Micron are competing not only with each other in the battle to sell the lowest-cost computer, but also against more traditional computer makers such as International Business Machines Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. Those companies are moving to sell more of their own PCs directly to customers to reduce costs and inventory buildup. 17:44:28 03/16/1999