[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

duh????

did it occur to anyone that ibm is positioning itself to partner in some
kind of way with ibm and apple to sell powerpc. makes good business cents
to me.   hmmmmm...

large installed customer base
high end end users
large r&d into open platform with ibm/linux and apple/darwin(bsd)

and the hits keep comin'''

jobs and bigblue got something cooking though steveie may find and a way
(he can and will screw it up if possible).

news at 11...mileage may vary

<quote who="Don Perley">
>
> Don't moan and groan too much about how quality doesn't sell in this
> case.. Isn't Thinkpad the market leader?
>
> Of course they aren't just selling the laptop business, but PC's overall.
>
> As one of my co-workers pointed out years ago.. there were more IBM
> manufactured parts in a Mac than in an IBM brand PC.  Macs are still
> using IBM processors, though the RAM and hard drive business have
> already been sold off.
>
>
>
>>>Most people just have different priorities than you. To you
>>>quality matters most, to many people, it's price.
>
>> The problem with laptop is the same as the problem with many other
>> products: you need a *quantitative* superiority. If something can not
>> be quantified, you are screwed.
>