> The fact is that Dell does not innovate, never has and never will. Their > specialty is taking someone else's idea and wringing the last screaming > penny out of the production process so that they can beat you up on > price. This is all well and good, but what happens when the last company > with an R&D budget gets run into the ground? Patents, patents, patents. Dell has to pay Lexmark/HP/whomever for whatever they rebrand as Dell. My guess is the Dell and HP break was because HP had a better understading of the value of their IP than Lexmark. ;-) -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us A password is like your underwear; Change it frequently, don't share it with others, and don't ask to borrow someone else's. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list