[Info-vax] OT: HP to retain ts PC division

[John Wallace]

On Oct 28, 3:45 pm, Paul Sture <paul.nos... at sture.ch> wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:39:02 -0400, JF Mezei wrote:
> >http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111027xa.html?mtxs=rss-
> corp-news
>
> > PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 27, 2011
>
> > HP today announced that it has completed its evaluation of strategic
> > alternatives for its Personal Systems Group (PSG) and has decided the
> > unit will remain part of the company.
>
> One of the most significant comments I saw in the many discussions about
> the proposed spin off of PSG was that HP might lose their discount
> advantages from shifting so much Intel kit.
>
> --
> Paul Sture

Along similar lines, there'd probably be some impact on the Microsoft
relationship too, at least for desktop stuff.