'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
It's easy to forget now, but Michael Dell was the Mark Zuckerberg of his day.
Microsoft's latest quarterly earnings slipped, even as the world's largest software maker showed modest progress adapting to a shift away from the personal computers that have been its financial foundation for decades.
Microsoft may have relinquished its starring role in America's gaudiest gadget show a year too early.
Microsoft believes the latest version of its Windows operating system is off to a great start, but it's going to take more than that to prove the revamped software will win over enough people to revive the slumping personal computer market.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday in New York, Microsoft unveiled a dramatic overhaul of its ubiquitous Windows operating system. It will go on sale Friday, fused into more than 1,000 PCs and other devices. If it flops, the failure will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind competitors such as Apple, Google and Amazon.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8.
Intel Corp., the world's largest chipmaker, expects cold winds to blow this fall, as consumers shift their spending toward tablets and a weak global economy curbs corporate spending on computers.
Moorhead said it will probably take Michael Dell at least another three to five years to transform his company.
"His name is on the logo and all the buildings. So he takes all of this very personally," Moorhead said. "This is a way for him to solidify the way people will look at him and remember him."
