Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
good power silicon valley worldwide
Silicon Valley has some worldwide power players. It's a good place to be again.
becomes becoming entertainment event fair good less people point talk trade
It's becoming more and more of an entertainment event and less of a trade show. Its a good place for people to go and talk about technology, but at some point it just becomes a fair and not really the trade show that it once was.
clear good ibm mobile problem seem technology
They had a clear technology problem with laptops. They didn't have -- and IBM couldn't seem to make -- a good G5 mobile part, and that problem wasn't going away.
bad good hype lower released
That may lower the attractiveness of the offering. Right now, we're getting all of the good news. When it's released is when we'll get the bad news. It's in the hype stage.
acquire complex decisions folks good hard management mess operations opportunity opposed order result strong
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.
apple degree grow hardware market mean question sell share whether windows
The big unanswered question in the market is whether Apple hardware could successfully sell with Windows on it, and by successful, I mean be competitive to a degree that it could grow Apple's hardware share massively.
kept promises strategy
They kept making promises they couldn't keep, and their strategy was all over the map.
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.
hit hot
The Celeron's pretty hot, and makes for some hot little boxes, now that it's hit 500. It toasts pretty much any Pentium-II out there.
bit certain company loses quite reaches
It's been languishing quite a bit and is reminiscent of the old IBM. As a company reaches a certain size, it loses its edge.
base cannon customer fodder forgive late turning
It's better late than never. But their customer base is not going to forgive them for RIM turning them into cannon fodder during the process.
amount believe change honestly minds providing terms
That's a significant amount of money. I honestly believe that's going to change a lot of minds in terms of providing programming for this medium.
bring consumer entire job regard strengths strong
They bring different strengths to the table. Compaq has done a better job in regard to engineering an entire line. On the other hand, HP has been strong in consumer products.