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Business Climate
Demand for Personal Computers Comes from
Usefulness Not Marketing Criteria
Network Computer (NC) competes with PC
Good Management Consistently
Management productivity, Needs Integration

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0809 - Summary/Objective
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081001 - Follow up
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081003 - x1331 Follow up ref SDS 7 0001.
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081005 - Reuters article published by Yahoo on 980313 reports significant drop
081006 - in PC sales despite lower prices below $1K. ref OF 1 1209
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081008 -     [On 980414 Intel reported drop in earnings and plans to reduce
081009 -     employees. ref SDS 9 3559]
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081012 - PCs priced below $1K are now the largest volume of sales, ref OF 1
081013 - 1295, which shows impact of market competition cited by Drucker that
081014 - eventually reduces advantage of lead in technology, ref SDS 1 1504,
081015 - and therefore making the quality of management the critical factor of
081016 - competitive advantage.
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081019 - Intel forecast lower earnings on 980306. ref SDS 6 1917
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081022 - This supports the value of providing support for better management
081023 - productivity, discussed with Dave on 950927. ref SDS 3 6493  It also
081024 - supports Grove's position that managers must change one way or the
081025 - other in order in order for a firm to remain competitive and viable,
081026 - ref SDS 8 1566
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081029 - On 951107 reviewed article in Byte magazine that said Intel and
081030 - Microsoft were performing studies and research to maintain sales
081031 - growth for PCs based on increased usefulness. ref SDS 4 8888  At a
081032 - meeting on 970603 Dave Vannier was heading up a project to find ways
081033 - to increase demand for high end PCs. ref SDS 5 7499
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