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IBM To Leave The Desktop?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the maybe-could-be dept.

Matey-O writes "John C. Dvorak's got an interesting article on IBM's behavior towards desktop PCs of late. In short, aside from the profitable laptop sales, their desktop sales lost the company roughly $1B in a serioulsy UP market. Showing no interest in the 20 year anniversary of the desktop, it looks like IBM wants to get out of the industry it effectively started. " Granted, the article is extreme conjecture, but it's still an interesting thought - the Thinkpad group, tho', rocks.

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  1. For those behind the times... by daeley · · Score: 4, Offtopic

    Does this mean that the older, behind-the-times folks I know who still refer to all Windows machines as "IBM-Compatible" or "IBM PCs" can shut the hell up? ;-)

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  2. Re:Dvorak by tswinzig · · Score: 4, Offtopic

    His concept of journalism falls neatly into the 10 o'clock news scaremongering school of thought. He'd 'break the news' on Bill Gates' army of cyborg warriors if it would get his column some hits.

    So what you're saying, on both counts, is that Slashdot should seriously consider hiring him for a job as editor?

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