Billionaire Philanthropist Bill Gates Tells the World Ctrl-Alt-Del was a Mistake

At a recent fundraiser at Harvard, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, admits that the keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Alt-Del was "a mistake." One button would have done the trick.

Thanks Bill. We appreciate the update.

But, wait. He pasted the blame on to the guy from IBM who designed the keyboard who has confessed to the thoughtlessness. Thanks IBM.

So to conclude, it was "a mistake" - not a bug or a feature.

Dell going private in billionaire dollar LBO

Billionaire computer manufacturer, Michael Dell (pictured on the right, above), looks like he wants to take the company he founded in his dorm room private.

Currently in discussion with Silver Lake Partners, Dell's strategy is consistent with his new B2B marketing focus regarding hardware, services and consulting as the way to make money going forward.

This is from the company who wrote the book (in the United States at least) for a computer manufacturer to embrace all things JIT (just in time manufacturing). But when the consumer market changed (i.e. Apple Computer) Dell needed to change or adapt.

This is the reasoning behind going public. The ability to self-finance along with ignoring Wall Street and its focusing on quarterly financial results.

Dell Computer probably should have done this years ago, yet, Michael Dell was busy with other things at the time.

The quest for always holding the number one ranking in market share has been lost by Dell. HP and Lenovo are the new leaders in global PC shipments.

Dell is still 'not just a PC company anymore'

MICHAEL DELL:  Well, in the last five years or so, we've really made a concerted shift in our business towards end-to-end IT solutions.  And if you think about the businesses that Dell is in today, there are really four of them.  Certainly, we start with the client business, which is kind of transforming with all the things that are going on in mobility and client virtualization and that brings new needs in terms of security and those kinds of challenges that exist.

Fortune interview 

Larry Ellison, a billion dollar hit man

Larry Ellison (chairman of Oracle and #6 on Forbes' 2012 top 10 billionaires) said it this way in a recent deposition: “I … had nothing to do for 15 minutes, so I drafted a press release."

Next came the stuff hitting the fan. Next came the lawsuit.

Now we have everybody going to court. Again.










Read about the amazing story::: How Larry Ellison’s Jury Box Email Could Cost HP Billions

Michael Dell says don't call Dell Inc. a PC company

Michael Dell (NSDQ:Dell), chairman and CEO of Dell Inc., in a major press conference this week introducing new servers, networking services, storage products and other services said the company has changed significantly over the past five years.

 "Dell is not a PC company. It's an end-to-end solutions company," Michael Dell said.

So prove Michael Dell correct. Buy a tablet or some other product from Dell today to help him realize his non-PC global corporate strategy.





Dell Streak 7 Wi-Fi Tablet

Dell continues to experience global market pressures

Dell Inc. (NYSE: DELL) opened gap down today in trading and stayed gap down in response to yesterday's global revenue forecast for the world's No. 3 personal computer maker as coming in well below market expectations.

Dell closed down $1.05 a share for the day to 17.15, a drop of nearly 6%.

Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell continued to smile his unblemished smile and explained how Dell is continuing to add value to customers on a world-wide basis.


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