Laughing last & laughing best
Laughing last & laughing best
- Subject: Laughing last & laughing best
- From: michael briney <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 09:34:11 -0600
Laughing last and laughing best
Dell fails to meet lofty growth rate; quality
While Apple continues to enjoy growth in both its computer and music
sectors, rival Dell's "heady days of outpacing its rivals are
ending," says BusinessWeek. "Look beyond the surface, and the long-
term situation at the world's largest PC maker may be even worse."
As the computer giant approaches $60 billion a year in sales, it has
now missed expectations for two consecutive quarters. The shortfalls
are a sign it may be struggling to manage costs while it tries to
sell enough computers to maintain a lofty revenue-growth rate, and
keep gaining market share. At the same time, many observers say Dell
has been cutting costs so much in order to hit financial targets in
recent quarters that it has compromised other measures of
performance, including customer support and, possibly, product
quality. (In 2001, Michael Dell promised to "shut down" Apple.
Today, shares of Apple are at record levels, while Dell is on the
decline.
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michael
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