IT Trends In and Out of Downturn

An anonymous reader writes "Washington Post has an interesting article talking about how IT industry is changing its business models to survive (IBM: "Pay As You Save"; HP: universal printer driver; Consulting weak; Oursourcing booming), as well as how outsiders view the downturn (Merrill Lynch: it's just another bust after PC and mainframe, but the good thing is, "each 'wave' has so far represented a tenfold increase in the number of technology users."). I'm particularly interested in the outsourcing story. It might explain why IBM will benefit and other vendors like Sun Microsystem which don't have a strong service arm will suffer."

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Hey....

[Tsali]

If no one is investing in things and everyone wants to stick with what they have now because there is no compelling reason to replace stuff, does this mean the MS.Net initiative is trying to fill a hole that doesn't exist?

Me thinks so. You could throw Palladium on that pile as well.