Looks like Micron (ala http://micronpc.com/) is getting out of the PC making business. These guys don't do nearly the volume of Gateway or Dell but they're up there:
<< However, a direct result is the immediate layoff of 430 employees from various departments in MicronPC. >>
<< CEO Kocher has long maintained there is no money to be made in the PC business, suggesting that selling services for those PCs--MicronPC's focus in recent years--is the place to find profits. Jordan disagrees with that theory, and plans to make the computer company profitable again, he says. >>
Kindof sad as I owned a Micron PC back in the 90s...a nice Pentium 90 system. Godspeed.
EDIT: link: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,45382,00.asp.
<< However, a direct result is the immediate layoff of 430 employees from various departments in MicronPC. >>
<< CEO Kocher has long maintained there is no money to be made in the PC business, suggesting that selling services for those PCs--MicronPC's focus in recent years--is the place to find profits. Jordan disagrees with that theory, and plans to make the computer company profitable again, he says. >>
Kindof sad as I owned a Micron PC back in the 90s...a nice Pentium 90 system. Godspeed.
EDIT: link: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,45382,00.asp.