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The Ignominious Fall of Dell

Posted by timothy on from the at-least-they-now-use-standard-power-supplies dept.

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Bill Snyder discusses the ignominious decline of Dell, one akin to that of Computer Associates, leaving the company forever tainted by scandal and a 'shocking breach of faith with customers.' Dell's pioneering business model and supply chain helped make desktop computing ubiquitous, affordable, and secure. But years of awful quality control and customer service have finally caught up to the company in a very public way that will do irreparable damage to the company for years to come. 'What we've learned about Dell recently doesn't qualify as an understandable mistake. Only a rotten company sells defective computers and lies about it.'"

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  1. Were the accused stand guilty by stickytar · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm all for Dell bashing, but what happened to America where the accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty. It seems like every lawsuit implies some guilt on the part of the accused? Really?

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  2. Summary is wrong by billcopc · · Score: 0, Troll

    InfoWorld's Bill Snyder is feeling lonely, so he wrote a vitriolic puff piece titled "the ignominious decline of Dell"

    FTFY, you self-righteous he-cunt.

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  3. Re:What about phones? by Totenglocke · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's perfectly related. They're both issues of a company (Apple and Dell) selling defective hardware and claiming that it's not defective when they got caught.

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  4. Re:What about phones? by X0563511 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not defending anyone. But this story is about DELL not fucking Apple or anyone else.

    Fuck off yourself.

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  5. Re:Buy Dell Small/Medium Business PCs by dangitman · · Score: 0, Troll

    People on this site should know that if you buy from Dell, you get it from their Small / Medium Business site.

    I would have thought people on this site should know not to buy from Dell in the first place.

    & they come to your house to fix the computer within a day or two.

    That's the problem. You will need them to come and fix it. Possibly within a day or two of purchase.

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