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E-commerce pumps up the PC makers

PC market leaders like Compaq and Dell get the Net religion as e-commerce spurs a serious revenue stream. Big Blue even says the world's largest PC maker now gets a quarter of its revenue from Internet commerce.

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PC market leaders like Compaq and Dell get the Net religion as e-commerce spurs a serious revenue stream. Big Blue even says the world's largest PC maker now gets a quarter of its revenue from Internet commerce.

"You'll see us come out with a [new] business model. This is the result of an evaluation of how people will buy PCs in the future."

- John McAdaragh, vice president of worldwide marketing at IBM's Aptiva consumer group

 
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