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RE: Finally..
By zzatz on 10/14/2011 6:29:00 AM , Rating: 2
To be fair, this inability to deliver decent software or services is not limited to HP. No company selling Windows systems seems to be able to deliver software or services. If there are any profits to be made in bundled software, Microsoft will capture them. Windows PC makers compete by cutting the cost of building and shipping hardware. The kind of management that focuses on cutting the cost of a system by half a cent isn't the right kind to manage software development.

That's one of the reasons that the only companies to have any success with tablets are in the phone business. Phones require some system integration and software customization skills, PCs don't.

Note that I'm talking about the Windows PC portion of any company. Separate business units can and do make money from software and services. But they must be separate, as each calls for different management skills. Any company that puts other products under the same management as Windows desktops and laptops dooms those other products.

