[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

Mauro Maroni linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 7 Dec 2004 20:07:02 -0300 (ART)


Now I understand why the company which I work for cancelled its contract 
with IBM and will replace all laptops to Dell next year :-(


On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote:

> Michelle Klein-Hass wrote:
> 
> >This sucks. It's not a hoax, it's all too real.
> >
> >Remember the i-series ThinkPads? The ones that Acer designed and built and IBM 
> >just slapped a badge on? That's where the line is headed. Nobody else is 
> >going to care about the ThinkPad legacy like IBM does.
> >
> >Dammit, Sam Palmisano!!! Who dealt you the crack you were smoking when you 
> >made this decision? Darl McBride??? OMG you killed the ThinkPad! You 
> >bastard!!!
> >
> >(Sorry, I'm a ThinkPad fangirl and this is really emotionally troubling news.)
> >
> >An upset Michelle.
> >  
> >
> no need to apologize, we are all quavering.
>