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Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:11:21 -0800
From: "Martin J. Bligh" <mbligh@aracnet.com>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
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Subject: Re: Server shipments [was Re: Minutes from Feb 21 LSE Call]
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>> >> > That means that the average sale price for a server from Dell was
>> >> > $2495.
>> >> > 
>> >> > The average sale price of all servers from all companies is $9347.
>> 
>> means that somebody other than Dell is making the money on the big
>> servers.
> 
> What part of "all servers from all companies" did you not understand?

Average price from Dell: $2495
Average price overall:   $9347 

Conclusion ... Dell makes cheaper servers than average, presumably smaller.

M.

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