[Info-vax] HP so far up Microsoft's a$$....

[abrsvc]

On Aug 23, 1:16 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> Paul Sture wrote:
> > The pre-announcement of selling the PC division has got Taiwan jittery:
>
> >http://news.techeye.net/hardware/taiwanese-panic-over-hps-stupid-pc-move
>
> Note that the article is wrong about IBM. IBM had made it clear YEARS
> before announing the Lenovo deal that it was seeking to get out of the
> consumer PC business. It was under Gerstner that the original
> announcements were made, perhaps not as formally as with Apotheker's
> announcement, but it was made nevertheless.
>
> And if I am not mistaken, Palmer even used that to justify Digital
> focusing on bsiness PCs only. (despte Dec's rapid growth in the PC business)
>
> Apotheker would have been wiser to first find a buyer and and only once
> a deal was near final, make an annoucement. The article is right in that
> businesses and people will now think twice about buying an HP PC due to
> uncertainty.



"The article is right in that
 businesses and people will now think twice about buying an HP PC due
to
 uncertainty."  ---- Self-fullfilling prophecy???