____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 18 July 2007 15:32 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 18 July 2007 13:41 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Dell avoids being kicked off Nasdaq
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| The board of directors at the Nasdaq stock exchange have thrown an
>>>>| important lifeline to Dell after they decided to let its shares continue
>>>>| trading,
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9520
>>>
>>> This is, of course, why Dell are keen to push Linux boxes. The
>>> Microsoft model has let them down, finally, so they need some other
>>> sustainable business model.
>>
>> Many people (even myself) would be willing to pay a lot of a Power Linux Box
>> with plenty of preloaded software that costs nothing to add and preconfigure
>> (not craplets). Other OEM's follow Dell's footsteps. They share the same
>> pain. Just look at Lenovo. IBM sold that business of theirs because it
>> wasn't profitable. It was Windows-dependent with paper-thin margins.
>>
>
> It was one of the clearest signs that the concept of a "Windows
> computer" was a dead one, to me, and at the same time, a key moment in
> the growth of the "device" as the way forward. Interestingly, I think
> Microsoft have seen this coming, but have been perversly stuck with not
> being a hardware company as a policy position for so long (hardware
> margins are nowhere near so high as those which they have maintained),
> that they've almost missed the boat in terms of getting into the devices
> space. Supplying versions of "windows" to manufacturers is not going to
> get them out of the hole they're in.
Actually, at one time, people criticised Microsoft for stomping on OEMs by
making their own hardware (XBox360). Look where it ended up. Team leader has
just abandoned the project. Was the Zune any better? Well, it came from Tosh,
didn't it. Tosh indeed.
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