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Re: [News] Red Herring on Intel, MS, and Dell Struggle/Demise

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> The End of Wintel?
> 
> Suddenly Intel, Microsoft, and Dell are struggling.
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | It's been called a juggernaut. It's been described as invincible. And
> | we've all been told it is inevitable. But last month, the Windows-Intel
> | duopoly that has dominated tech for so long seemed to be none of those
> | things.
> | 
> | Microsoft announced a 29 percent drop in its earnings. Intel slashed
> | its sales forecast after its earnings plummeted 90 percent year over
> | year. Then Dell--which has ground up its competitors with its clever
> | model for packaging and distributing Microsoft software and Intel
> | chips--said it would downsize its third-quarter profit forecast by
> | almost third.
> `----
> 
> http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=17933&hed=The+End+of+Wintel%3f

Interesting, but don't more than 90 percent of all desktops purchased from a
major distributor run Windows?

So, isn't there really a AM-Win-tel-D triopoly?


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