Fair enough point... Still, why pay $1.2B for the same marketshare?
-ASB On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > If you haven’t noticed – Microsoft’s market share is non-existent. > > > > This is the first year I’m without a Windows Mobile device and I was a die > hard supporter. > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:02 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: HP to buy Palm > > > > I'm surprised that the buyer is HP. It doesn't seem like that would be a > good market for them as they will be competing with their current partner in > this market, Microsoft. > > > > Maybe they have other plans for WebOS. > > > > -ASB > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 3:29 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Ok. Rephrase the question – do you think HP will do anything with the new > version of the OS that Palm was developing or do you think they will go 100% > with some other O/S for their PDA/Phones? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > > *Sent:* Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:24 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: HP to buy Palm > > > > No. > > > > You’ll see about as much of Palm in 5 years from HP as you see Compaq from > HP. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 29, 2010 11:45 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* HP to buy Palm > > > > According to a story in my inbox this morning, HP is buying Palm for $1.2 > Billion (story here -- http://lm.pcworld.com/t/991080/39789109/76510/0/) > Just wondering if you guys think this will “save” Palm and help them regain > market share? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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