To: Barry Grossman who wrote (55843 ) 5/20/1998 9:08:00 AM From: gnuman Respond to
Recent Intel statements, between the lines?(Gee, sounds just like a commodity business). "The market has changed, however, forcing computer vendors to focus on volume sales and market segmentation." (Help me out here. Is focus on volume a change for the PC industry? What segmentation is he referring to, Business, SOHO and Home PC's. Or maybe Sub-0's? But those aren't really new segments. Sub-0 is an Intel coined term for a lower priced segment, but the entire PC mix has come down in price). "If the industry is to continue to grow, PC vendors must begin to incorporate new technologies into machines, such as voice recognition and ease-of-use technology, even thought that will increase risk and cost." (Begin to incorporate new technologies into machines? Seem's to me the industry has always incorporated new technology into it's machines. Sounds to me like they're looking for that "Killer Ap" that requires all the latest power). "You will all have to worry about it to be successful," he said. "Otherwise, we are going to get anemic growth going forward...Growing this business is our collective responsibility." (Kind of scary).
