Peter:
A useful post on several fronts
IT managers "are holding off on buying anything new for a time..."
Sounds very much like comments made by this observer and MB as it relates to what each of us have garnered from separate sources in the corporate sector.
"The hesitance to buy has more to do with product cycles than economic concerns"
Of course. Just because capital budgets are being reigned in and earnings are falling and countries have imploded,......it's product cycle related. What utter drivel. WHAT product cycle might the man be speaking of? And, does it matter anyway?
In spite of the above statements, our intrepid forecaster still expects
"spending on PCs in the US will jump to $71.56 billion in 1999 compared to $67.9 billion expected this year"
Quite a leap of faith, given the previous statements and his expectation that Windows 2000 will drive sales. More drivel
Onward and upward in 2001, 2002, etc. Of course no reasons whatsoever to support this expectation
Notice the "growth" expectation for the server market. (g)
Oh, oh, there it is,....that "S" word,...."Saturated", and it is applied to the corporate sector. Sounds remarkably familiar to these ears. (g)
Someone's pay cheque will be docked for that little keyboard error. (g)
I loved his "advice" to the resellers. They never would have thought of this. (g)
Best, Earlie |
