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Subject: [OM] Re: Oly Woes
From: Paul Braun <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:22:43 -0600
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Lenovo is not a new spin-off.  Lenovo is a huge Chinese company who has 
> been building ThinkPads and other IBM PC's for years.  Nothing has 
> changed except that IBM sold everything to Lenovo including the brand 
> names (except IBM).  ThinkPad still exists.  Still actually made by 
> Lenovo.  But IBM doesn't get a cut anymore.
> 
> Commodity market.  No profit.  No IBM interest.
> 
Ahh.  Was a little fuzzy on all the details of the Lenovo deal.

Still make the best Windoze laptops, IMO.


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Paul Braun
Valparaiso, IN

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