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...sought out Michael Dell, the 32-year-old founder of Dell Computers, to find out if there was any hope for us content folks. Surely he would know: his company sells an astonishing $3 million worth of PCs over the Web every day. "We've had days in the heat of Christmas rush that hit $6 million," he says, without a hint of shame. He estimates his $12 billion company will sell $1 billion worth of machines over the Net by year's end, half of them to home users...
...Andy Grove huddled with a bunch of lawyers right now? After all, Intel has more of a monopoly than its cousins in Redmond - 90 percent of the planet's PCs have Intel inside; only 85 percent see Windows. Why is it Grove, not Gates, getting the glory? The simple answer is unchecked ambition - Grove was content to cash in his chips; Gates intends to own desktops, cable boxes and the Internet. It's this last aim where Gate has gone too far, according to the boys at Justice. Gates denies it, but the judge isn't convinced - and the world...
...CHIP IN PCS...
...your item on FCC proposals for installing television V chips in personal computers [NOTEBOOK, Nov. 3]: in seeking comment about whether to put the chips in new PCs, the FCC is following the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which directs the agency to ask questions concerning V chips, including whether PCs that double as TV receivers should be equipped with the chips. These are only proposals and do not include PCs that do not function as TV receivers, nor do they apply to the Internet. My hope is that the computer industry and all interested parties will tell the FCC what...
...high to compete with established makers like Gateway 2000 and Compaq. Sony contends that the VAIO is simply spearheading a long-term attempt to get a lucrative piece of the multimedia home computer market. For that, Sony has much to offer. "The next growth market is digital imaging for PCs," says the Tokyo analyst. "And connecting digital cameras and computers is one of Sony's biggest strengths...