Not much fun in services, either, but software showed life…

Not much fun in services, either, but software showed life

Remember a long time ago, how Compaq put the squeeze on its supply chain, dropped the boom on PC prices, and essentially made it impossible for IBM, the former market leader, to stay in the PC business? Well, Dell and other competitors in the PC, server, and storage rackets are trying to do the same thing to HP now, and its financial results for its third quarter ended in July show just how artfully the competition is stealing Big Meg’s lunch money.…

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