Rob Enderle
Rob Enderle
Rob Enderleis an American technology analyst...
kept promises strategy
They kept making promises they couldn't keep, and their strategy was all over the map.
built few laptop next technology
It's the next big thing. In the next few years you won't see a laptop without this kind of technology built in.
broken company far focus forget launch merger open people product products running shows
It's the product launch you look at to see if they got the merger right. This shows they're back up and running and open for business, which is important because in a merger, people forget the company has products and focus on the merger only. So far they haven't broken anything.
great lucrative machines money people regular replace spend
It's a lucrative market, and a great audience. These are people who spend money and replace their machines on a regular basis.
hoped looks point year
It looks like a comprehensive package, but they've been working at this for some time, ... Most of us hoped they would be at this point a year ago.
certainly few pc until versions
It's going to take a few versions until this can be a world-killing product, but over time, if it's done right, it could certainly be as big as the PC ever was.
amount believe change honestly minds providing terms
That's a significant amount of money. I honestly believe that's going to change a lot of minds in terms of providing programming for this medium.
bring consumer entire job regard strengths strong
They bring different strengths to the table. Compaq has done a better job in regard to engineering an entire line. On the other hand, HP has been strong in consumer products.
bring consumer entire job regard strengths strong
They bring different strengths to the table, ... Compaq has done a better job in regard to engineering an entire line. On the other hand, HP has been strong in consumer products.
company gave near needs nowhere property strategy waiting work
They were a company waiting to die, ... They've done some work to make the property more attractive. The portal strategy is what gave them a future. It's nowhere near where it needs to be, but at least they've got one.
almost became company felt half past wars
The company had become almost unmanageable, ... In the past two and a half years, it felt like you just couldn't get anything done. The turf wars became more pronounced.
affinity cards credit favorite kinds popular sports
These kinds of affinity programs, like credit cards with your favorite sports team, were popular for a while.
competence enabling strength wireless
The enabling technologies are the strength of the back end and the competence of the wireless network,
aggressive base computing extra grid load number paying sun
I think you can say that Sun is being aggressive in actually getting Grid computing out there as part of the base load on a number of systems. You are not paying extra for it; you get it as part of the package.