Back in 1997, when Dell was still reporting major growth (despite not selling PCs through retail channels at the time), Dell’s CEO was asked about what a then-struggling Apple, Inc. should do to right itself. As Dell told an audience at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando, Florida (in words immortalized by [CNET]):
“What would I do? I’d shut it [Apple] down and give the money back to the shareholders.”
Asked about Dell’s comments 16 years later in the context of Dell’s privatization effort, a Dell spokesperson gave TPM the following statement:
“That comment has been taken out of context and is not relevant.”
via DaringFireball
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