Memo to Michael: 10 Ways Get Dell Back on Track
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| 1. Visit CIOs and Apologize: If Dell had listened to customer
| demands, you would have embraced AMD Opteron chips much earlier.
| Instead, you put your Intel relationship ahead of your customer
| relationships. That's bad business.
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| 4. Get Serious About Open Source
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070321/30210_id.html?.v=1
Earlier today:
Dell launches low-cost PC in China
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| Another PC the company is offering at a special price runs Linux.
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| The company is also offering a slightly higher priced desktop, the
| Dell Dimension C51-n, with an Athlon64 3200 microprocessor from
| Advanced Micro Devices, a Linux OS, and a 17-inch LCD (liquid
| crystal display) monitor. The company is offering a special price
| on the system, 3,999 renminbi.
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| The company does not say what version of Linux is on the PC. A
| Dell spokesperson could not be reached for comment.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/03/21/HNdelllowcostpcchina_1.html
Related:
Investors sue Dell on payments from Intel: WSJ
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| An investor lawsuit seeking class-action status accuses Dell Inc. of
| improper accounting in its relationship with chip giant Intel,
| according to a media report published Thursday evening.
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| The suit alleges that Dell received at times as much as $1 billion
| a year in "secret and likely illegal" kickbacks in the form of
| "e-Cap" or "exception to corporate average pricing" payments"
| from Intel to ensure that Dell used no other chip supplier,
| according to The Journal.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/investors-sue-dell-payments-intel/story.aspx?guid=%7B400315B0%2DE375%2D4920%2DB300%2D784220BEFE35%7D&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo
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