Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
kept promises strategy
They kept making promises they couldn't keep, and their strategy was all over the map.
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If your company has a lot of desktops, you might buy AMD to protect your infrastructure,
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Intellectual property litigation has been increasing steadily for the last several years. As a result, indemnification against this litigation not only has become a requirement for any technology purchase, it strongly pushes companies toward the buy side of the build-versus-buy decision. Microsoft's indemnification stands as one of the most comprehensive in the market, setting a high bar for competing platforms.
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Because the litigation has become so much of what they are, the lawsuits tend to eclipse anything else they try to do. And if it goes bad for them with IBM, I doubt anything they do with software will be able to save them.
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He's still incredibly powerful. He's not going to go unless he wants to.
entry processing requires screen size voice
How do handset manufacturers get around screen size and entry method? Voice may be the way we are going to end up, but voice requires a lot of processing power,
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He's really getting the financials and operations in good order and making strong management and organizational decisions, as opposed to going after every opportunity on the planet. Those decisions are very hard to make, because a lot of folks only want to acquire companies, and the end result is a complex mess that can't be managed.
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Certainly the new iMac is a powerful offering, and Steve Jobs has pulled another rabbit out of his hat. But their biggest problem will continue to be their ability to get parts.
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For the most part, the appeal of these devices is very generational. In many cases, as you move up in age, it becomes increasingly a male audience.
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I can't think of any company in the consumer space that will get hurt as a result of the delay.
fulfills gateway meeting
Gateway has been meeting its commitments, ... It makes a promise, and it fulfills that promise. That's something Gateway hasn't done for years.
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How'd you like to live forever with a Britney Spears start page?
consumer damage largely market
The consumer market is largely a fourth-quarter market nowadays, and this will severely damage the market. There is no way around it.
capability
The capability is there to make it look like an Aqua clone. This is going to be a very Apple-like launch.