Mark Stahlman
Mark Stahlman
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This is now a period with a lot of anticipation for new products. Only six months ago people were quite convinced that calendar 2005 would be a dead year as we waited for Longhorn but it's going to be more dynamic than that,
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Sun has succeeded in making themselves the most aggressive, most innovative, and most dynamic of the three of them.
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I think this quarter demonstrates how unsettled market conditions are. The old IBM doesn't fit with the new markets. IBM understands this and is trying to move quickly to change itself. This elephant has been dancing on stilts.
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Knowledgeable, high-end buyers today want AMD, ... Dell doesn't sell AMD. So they have gone into this important market with one hand tied behind their back.
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Microsoft is becoming more and more a server company and less and less a classic PC company,
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I think Scott has to step aside so there is no confusion.
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I think most of what people will be looking for will be discussed on the conference call. There's a lot going on in the product front.
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There are a number of pieces of IBM's business that don't get as much credit as they should. These are categories that people had expected fairly little from and they are turning out to be quite strong, as is typical for systems companies and is certainly true for IBM.
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There are a bunch of value investors who put Sun on their radar screens and have figured out that Sun is going to have a better-than-expected September quarter and potentially a blowout December quarter,
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We thought they would have a good quarter but it looks like they had an excellent quarter, ... With these bookings numbers you have to toss out any idea that IBM is losing ground in services. They are probably picking up market share.
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We recognize that investors who have been trained to only expect steady price declines and even price wars will find this shift towards high-tech counter-intuitive. As a result, many may be inclined to miss opportunities and/or to exit strong performing stocks too soon.
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We've already had really good reports from Microsoft and Intel and those are the two most important suppliers to Dell. Both had upside surprises from their PC and server-related business.
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We believe that R&D has been fixed, costs are under control and the customer base is diverse and large enough to support sustained growth. We take Mr. McNealy at his word that his continuing role as Sun's CEO and Chairman will last only as long as the 'job isn't done.
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HP has a significant weight around its neck with its PC business, ... It cannot match Dell's business model.