All's not well at Dell

A very interesting article in this morning's 'Guardian', by Charles Arthur, raises the issue of the viability of Dell.

"I'm a bit worried about Dell. Dell Computers, that is, not its eponymous head Michael. I wonder if his company is running, a bit Wile E. Coyote-style, off the edge of a cliff. Not that I'm saying it's going to go bust in a hurry. But it is showing signs of thrashing around to try to break out of its self-imposed straitjacket of being the company where you get your stuff cheaper than elsewhere. The problem is, if people aren't buying things, they'll not buy them. And Dell isn't getting out of it..."

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