[opendtv] Re: IBM out of the PC business
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:09:40 -0500
At 5:32 PM -0500 12/3/04, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
>I thought that this had essentially already happened, but
>it's still an intriguing demonstration of how innovative
>products become commodity items. Part of the off-shoring
>thread.
Clearly - and thankfully - the "classic" PC has become a legacy
product. The market is evolving in many directions. The notion that
the PC in the office and information appliances in the home will
evolve down the same path is absurd. I just saw a stat in a NYTimes
story about the proposed IBM sale that was quite interesting.
"We've been in the post-PC era for four years now," Mr. Schwartz
said, noting that last year a billion wireless handsets were sold
compared with 100 million personal computers.
Regards
Craig
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