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To: jim kelley who wrote (54775)	3/24/1999 11:52:00 PM
From: Obewon	Respond to of 97611

Regarding the lawsuits: Please read the Compaq Annual Shareholders Report. You will notice that CPQ does not settle these suits out of court. In fact I believe that there are still two seperate class action insider trading lawsuits still pending from before 1995 (one CPQ, one Digital). Obewon

To: jim kelley who wrote (54775)	3/25/1999 1:41:00 AM
From: rupert1	Respond to of 97611

jim kelley: The UK is not the US. Ads here are quite different. Brits do not have a strong tradition of buying direct or from catalogues - they like local stores and expect guarantees and service. I would think that the CPQ campaign, if properly executed, would also appeal to their sense of fair play and reinforce the picture that COMPAQ is a European-like company and DELL a fast-talking bombastic and not quite trustworthy Yankee company. Besides, DELL TV ads here seem to be featuring "Intel Inside" more than they feature the "Dell" factor. I know this won't convince you jim, there is no arguing over religious belief.