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DELL The world's No. 1 computer manufacturer and No. 1 Internet retailer is now also the leading producer, for the huge U.S. market, of Intel-based servers that sell for less than $100,000. According to research group IDC, 80% of all the servers now sold are based on Intel chips. Michael Dell is a loud advocate of this trend toward standardization. And he is counting on the server and storage business, estimating that within a few years, it, along with notebooks, will account for 70% of Dell's revenues. That server push has helped this year: the company...
...Blue wants to fight this war on every front, from the entry-level segment to the market for the gnarliest, priciest servers. Just days after Sun rolled out its SunFire 15K, IBM unveiled its p690 "Regatta" server. Each company claims in full-page ads that its machines can whip those of its rival...
...manufacturer and marketer, the CEO of Dell Computer could hardly be less enamored of tech gadgetry. His company is seldom first with a new feature or peripheral device. What excites him is cramming more processors into a server chassis or clustering a group of low-priced servers to do the work of a mainframe. He makes no apologies for sticking to the strategy he dreamed up 17 years ago in his dorm room at the University of Texas to beat IBM: sell directly to the customer and concentrate on value. "It worked then. Thing is, it works better...
...Server War The big fight among manufacturers is not over PCs but over the powerful data crunchers known as servers...
...Gates has not one but a laundry list of must-dos and can't-dos. He has to give technical details about Windows to competitors that make browsers, media players and server software. He has to let PC makers put any other company's icons on their desktop. He has to sell them Windows at a fixed price. He can't "retaliate." The states assume that Gates will go plowing for loopholes--and find fertile ground. "There are exceptions," complains Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal, "that may swallow the rule...