[ltp] T60 Preview (No!!!! Not Windows Buttons!!! Take Them Away!!!!)

[Christopher Sawtell]

On Tuesday 10 January 2006 22:00, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
> Richard Neill schreef:
> >The Maxx wrote:
> >>That was deep... and painful.
> >
> >Is there anything we can *do* about this? Lenovo may not be amazing -
> >but they are surely not fools. If the geek market is large enough,
>
> It sure wasn't large enough for IBM. Remember, the PC department of
> which the Thinkpad was the only remain, that department was high in the
> red. Exactly the reason why IBM sold it out.
>
> So, do you think it could happen a firm would continue a production line
> that renders losses instead of benefits?
> I don't think so.
> Anyway, we don't have to ponder about. IBM sold out end of May last
> year, and now, 7 months later, we already see the beginning. Logical, as
> a firm doesn't want to make losses. Even when it is a Chinese firm.
>
> We have to redefine a bit our perception of the case. Lenovo didn't take
> over, no, on the contrary, IBM sold out. That's a World of difference.

It's also important to remember that while the upper levels of management 
will have changed, the people who actually do the real work now will 
mostly be the same folk who did whatever they did before the sell-out. 
That may not be quite the right word, because iirc IBM still has a fair 
sized share in the Lenovo company, about 18% I believe? 
Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't remember reading anything about 1,000's of 
IBMers from the PC department being 'let go'. ( Horrid euphemism )

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CS