Great finds, flick, thanks for bringing these articles to the board.
Interesting, isn't it, that none of the news wire services have picked up on this announcement?? Anyone have a comment on this fact??
"It should come as no surprise that we are not going to authorize Compaq as a distributor of IBM product," said Jon Judge, general manager of worldwide sales and service for IBM's Personal System Group.
Prior to the Compaq sale, Inacom's relationship with IBM was fairly extensive. Not only did Inacom distribute IBM products, it built and configured IBM PCs and provided services to Big Blue customers....
IBM plans to terminate the last three relationships effective when Inacom completes the facilities sales to Compaq, perhaps as soon as 45 days....
Ingram Micro certainly has the capability IN PLACE to take up where Inacom leaves off !
Also noteworthy, IMO...:
If nothing else, the deal VALIDATES the distribution channel, said Dwight Steffensen, chairman and chief executive of Merisel, El Segundo, Calif. "[Compaq] has established a value for distribution," Steffensen said. "It's a recognition for the distribution channel and for the functions provided by distribution."
My best,
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