The greatest effect on IBM during this period is the withdrawal from U.S. retail of the Aptiva desktops. Those represent large unit volumes, even if they weren't profitable, and if they cut that back, you will see a lot of unit share loss.
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They've got the consumer business pretty nailed, but the thing with consumer is that it's not very profitable. The retailers are kind of eating their lunch. In the end, they're selling machines, but not making a lot of money.Roger Kay
There's definitely an appeal to the shorter sign-up period for Internet access. It might be a good calculated risk to not having to commit for three years. It seems like a long time.
Roger Kay
It's the reason why HP bought Compaq. They had pretty much the same portfolio but they married to create bulk. And if Time Warner gets the right price, then AOL is available. But I suspect that they are looking for a partnership in AOL.
Roger Kay
There's definitely kind of a tragedy in the brewing here.
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The bad news is that it's hard to get to them, ... The good news is that they're not overexploited because they're hard to get to.
Roger Kay
They have a different business model. Nonetheless, there is still an overall issue of productivity.
Roger Kay
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