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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 132.11-0.8%3:59 PM EST

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To: BGR who wrote (111921)3/24/1999 9:28:00 PM
From: Eggolas Moria  Read Replies (2) of 176387
 
<<As the old-timers in this thread (I am not one, though) always point out, DELL is not just a boxmaker and the barrier to entry is not low by any means.>>

Agreed. Their business model and execution has been superb over the past decade. The barrier to entry constantly shifts and changes though, and a company which believes itself invulnerable because of high barriers might just find that the territory it's protecting isn't quite the same as where the battlefield is. Then we get a Harvard Business School case study.<G>

<<DELL therefore needs to get serious about server development IMO.>>

Agreed. Higher margins and profitable service. But one needs to find a way to provide the service. Service was the reason for CPQ buying DEC, IMO.

As for growth in Asia, it's been impressive off a small base. Not to demean the achievement, but as always, execution after projections. The market will be watching and if Dell is successful (and highly profitable in Asia), then long-term holders may well be rewarded.

Still no position in Dell, long or short.

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