BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 ISSUE
NEWS: ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Big Names vs. No-names


More and more, big national brands such as IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and 
Compaq rule. ''Others'' are getting squeezed.

                          1996    1997    1998    1999

TOP 3 DIRECT PC MAKERS    18.6%   21.8%   27.5%   34.5%
TOP 3 INDIRECT PC MAKERS  26.9    30.4    33.0    35.0
OTHERS*                   54.6    47.8    39.5    30.5

*Includes Apple and eMachines

DATA: ZD INFOBEAD INSIDER


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