Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-24 Thread DASDBILL2
IBM's core business is making profits for their stockholders.  All else is details of implementation. Bill Fairchild - Original Message - From: Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 4:26:28 PM Subject: Re: IBM sells x86 server

Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-24 Thread Scott Ford
of implementation. Bill Fairchild - Original Message - From: Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 4:26:28 PM Subject: Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono) On 23 January 2014 12:43, Charles Mills

Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-24 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
dasdbi...@comcast.net (DASDBILL2) writes: IBM's core business is making profits for their stockholders.  All else is details of implementation. IBM's core business is maximizing executive compensation ... which translates into whatever the executive compensation plan calls for. reference to

Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-24 Thread DASDBILL2
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:38:18 PM Subject: Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono) dasdbi...@comcast.net (DASDBILL2) writes: IBM's core business is making profits for their stockholders.  All else is details of implementation. IBM's core business

Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-24 Thread Roger W. Suhr
Just like any other company! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of DASDBILL2 Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono) IBM's core

Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-23 Thread Charles Mills
Lenovo. LENOVO. Spelling it right sure helps with search a couple of years from now. I think IBM's core business is (1) services and (2) software. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Aled Hughes Sent: Thursday,

Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-23 Thread Tony Harminc
On 23 January 2014 12:43, Charles Mills charl...@mcn.org wrote: I think IBM's core business is (1) services and (2) software. I don't think IBM has been in the core business since the early 1970s. Tony H. -- For IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono)

2014-01-23 Thread Charles Mills
Nyuck nyuck. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 2:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM sells x86 server business to Lenovo (was Levono) On 23 January