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| Authored by: SilverWave on Sunday, April 28 2013 @ 12:11 AM EDT |
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"I think Dell’s situation is important because it shows how
the decline of Windows is changing the tech industry, and
hints at much more dramatic changes that could affect all of
us in the future. In this post I’ll talk about what’s
happening to Dell, why it matters, and what may happen next."
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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| Authored by: SilverWave on Sunday, April 28 2013 @ 12:20 AM EDT |
Quot: "If you haven’t worked at a PC company, you’ll have
trouble understanding how profoundly disturbing the current
sales situation is for Windows licensees. The PC companies
married themselves to the Microsoft-Intel growth engine
years ago. In exchange for riding the Wintel wave, they long
ago gave up on independent innovation and market-building.
In many ways, they outsourced their product development
brains to Microsoft so they could focus on operations and
cost control. They trusted Microsoft to grow the market.
Microsoft is now failing to deliver on its side of the
bargain. Unless there's a stunning turnaround in Windows 8
demand, I think it’s now looking increasingly likely that
we’ll see a sustained year over year drop in PC sales for at
least several more quarters.
This is an existential shock for the PC companies. It’s like
discovering that your house was built over a vast, crumbling
sinkhole."
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RMS: The 4 Freedoms
0 run the program for any purpose
1 study the source code and change it
2 make copies and distribute them
3 publish modified versions
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