Michael Dell
Michael Dell
Michael Saul Dellis an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. He is the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers. He was ranked the 41st richest person in the world on 2012 Forbes list of billionaires, with a net worth of US$22.4 billion as of December 2014...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 February 1965
CityHouston, TX
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The old industry approach was proprietary technology and vertical service solutions, ... Customers now universally reject these notions.
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During the first half of fiscal 1998, demand remained solid. The top companies have been consolidating their market shares during this period, and Dell has emerged from this environment as a leader in market share growth.
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Dell is already a leader in online commerce,
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You see, all these devices are basically complementary to the PC,
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These devices are not necessarily substitutes to the PC, but complementary. You can't find a Palm Pilot user who doesn't have a PC,
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The third quarter is going great and there is no change in our outlook from what we said at the end of the second quarter,
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Our decision to make semiconductor systems and LCD (liquid crystal display) screens will depend on the kind of fabrication infrastructure available here. India is yet to catch up with China and Taiwan in this respect.
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If we get half the performance in the next couple of years, I'll be happy,
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I don't expect that the economy is going to come roaring back in one quarter. I think it's going to be a very gradual and gentle recovery. And the fact is, we don't have a way of predicting this with any certainty.
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Based on what customers are telling us, we expect sequential industry growth to follow historical trends, Y2K notwithstanding,
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I was surprised to see IBM's level of competition, ... That's something we haven't seen from them in a long time.
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Last year we dramatically extended the capabilities of the Dell direct business model through opportunities with the Internet, ... Our online customer mix moved from a predominantly consumer-oriented base to a far broader base including business and government customers.
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As we come to the end of the calendar year, industry conditions remain healthy, ... Processor and operating system transitions and component cost declines continue to position our industry for strong customer demand.
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All our businesses are doing exceptionally well in an extremely challenging environment,