Lenovo is buying HP?
Makes you wonder what Larry things about all of this rumor-mongering.
Lenovo has halted trade in its shares, "pending the release of an announcement in respect of a discloseable transaction which constitutes an inside information of the Company." That quote comes from this statement (PDF), the second such document emitted by Lenovo in recent days. The previous statement (PDF) said "the Company …
"Big Blue is really smart about such things. If they really do offload their server business it doesn't bode well for other server vendors. Remember they were quick to offload their PC biz in the run up to Vista, and making a PC hasn't been very profitable since."
Wasn't aware that Windows Vista was around in 1987...
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It sounds like a good strategy to sell to the same company as the pc biz and since Lenovo is full of ex-ibmers but with very deep pockets it should give the system x a huge jolt of R&D dollars. For those of us who think they would rather buy from a US company....i think 85% of intel servers are made in China, so it's not a US vs China thing