Agreed. Hopefully, the new CEO will not follow the old in that category and stick with cleaning house and making their existing products resemble what they used to as far as quality goes.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > IBM hasn't been making stupid acquisitions, however. > > > * * > > *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Mike Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I can see the direction they are taking, software and services are more >> profitable and the PC market is not. At the same time they are spinning off >> the PC division so the shareholders will get something out of it in the long >> run. I think they are following IBM's lead here and they are doing quite >> well overall. I wonder what will happen with the ProCurve line, I'm sure >> that all depends on the profit margin! >> >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Mike Sullivan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > HP is discontinuing their WebOS operations and going to spin off their >>> PC >>> > Unit. I'd say they are having some issues. >>> >>> Yah, I heard that this morning. I wonder what "personal computer" >>> means in this context. Do they just mean home and consumer laptops, >>> or also the business desktop/laptop machines, or everything smaller >>> than a refrigerator, or anything with an x86...? >>> >>> I also find it telling that in the same breath, they're talking more >>> acquisitions. I realize this is a simplistic view, but it strikes me >>> as lacking direction. >>> >>> -- Ben >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >>> --- >>> To manage subscriptions click here: >>> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >>> or send an email to [email protected] >>> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thank you, >> Mike Sullivan >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Thank you, Mike Sullivan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
