Dell To Acquire Wyse

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 3, 2012 @02:19AM from the oh-is-that-what-they're-calling-it-these-days? dept.

New submitter alancronin writes "Computer and IT giant Dell said today it will acquire privately held Wyse Technology, a company that specializes in what it calls 'cloud client computing.'"

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Dumb by generationxyu · 2012-04-03 02:23 · Score: 5, Funny

What an idea to acquire such a terminally dumb company.

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1. Re:Dumb by Sique · 2012-04-03 02:31 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You don't think this was a wyse decision?
  
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2. Re:Dumb by TWX · 2012-04-03 03:01 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Oh, a Wyse guy, huh?!
  
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Dell is really scraping the bottom of the barrel.. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-03 02:30 · Score: 1, Funny

...next they will buy RIM...lol.
Re:Relics by vlm · 2012-04-03 02:44 · Score: 3, Funny

Wyse is a bit of a relic. What next? Zenith Data Systems? Kaypro?
I'd like Altair to make a tablet. No more of this glass sheet crap, give me about 50 toggle switches and blinking lights.

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Re:How unfortunate: Wyse and not Wang by damn_registrars · 2012-04-03 04:08 · Score: 4, Funny

Just think of all the Slashdot jokes that could have been...
That doesn't mean we can't still make Wang jokes.

Q: Who was the first female computer programmer?

A: Eve - she had an Apple in one hand, and a Wang in the other.

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Why(se)? by unixisc · 2012-04-03 05:00 · Score: 3, Funny

You don't think this was a wyse decision?
Dell me about it!
Re:Relics by Chris+Mattern · 2012-04-03 05:56 · Score: 3, Funny

Because 64 bits ought to be enough for anybody!