Comments on: Course, You Could Just Shut the Company Down and Give the Money Back to the Shareholders

By: Dell’s Health Improving After Employeectomy | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:22:30 +0000

[...] to see earnings-per-share like that given such lousy revenues. Clearly, Dell’s aggressive cost-cutting measures are having a restorative effect on the company’s bottom line. Whether that will persist amid [...]

By: Street Unimpressed by Dell Depressiron | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:00:59 +0000

[...] as it does after a second-quarter in which Dell reported a 17% drop in earnings and announced plans to sell off its factories the warning doesn’t bode at all well for the company’s next round of financials. Said [...]

By: Eric Welch

Eric Welch — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:16:21 +0000

They have to make computers cheaper. Without manufacturing jobs, and fewer students going to engineering schools, and government cuts in R&D, and everything else going on in this economy, we don’t have time to say “Dude, you’re getting a Dell.” We’re going to be too busy saying, “You want fries with that?”

By: Course, You Could Just Shut the Company Down and Give the Money Back to the Shareholders | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD « Writing with Inspiration

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:34:43 +0000

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By: Bill Collier

Bill Collier — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:19:58 +0000

It would be nice just once to see a company that could make a profit, satisfy its stock holders and keep their interests completely in America. I’m afraid that if this trend continues we will be the victims of our own greed.

I truly believe with these elections for President that yes, change is in the air but, also we are on the threshold of a new surge of pride in the “United” States of America.

Those who have sold out to foreign interests as the oil industry has, will probably face a similar demise that looms in their near future as the world changes because of the emergence of the new foreign companies as they gain wealth and power in the world market.
Put Pride back in America for our children’s future.
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By: Michael Long

Michael Long — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:35:35 +0000

According to an article in ValleyWag, “Thanks to rising fuel prices and wage inflation in China, it’s actually more expensive to manufacture and ship electronics across the Pacific for the American market than it would be to produce them domestically, according to a report from The McKinsey Quarterly.”

Great timing Dell. Why is it that in a couple of years I suspect that you’re going to wish you’d kept those factories?

By: John Paczkowski

John Paczkowski — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:29:11 +0000

Zimbra …

Dell machines are partially built in a plant in Asia and then shipped to one of Dell’s own plants for completion. Dell has plants in Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, Ireland, India, China, Brazil and Malaysia , which you mentioned.

By: Tim Moser

Tim Moser — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:44:20 +0000

Dell produces nothing but flavorless boxes which look exactly like the other flavorless boxes. What’s the hook?

Just proves that selling to enterprises allows a company to become really lazy, and it doesn’t exactly promote continuous improvement of the user experience. Apple and Google are doing it exactly the opposite way. By making products that are fresh, relevant, and pleasing to individual customers, the enterprises will come knocking.

Perhaps Dell and Microsoft need to take a long walk on the beach together to see what’s next.