Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Microsoft + Dell; a marriage of has-beens

This take-Dell-private story reminds me of that joke Henny Youngman milked his entire career.

Take it private... PLEASE take it private.

There's a couple of hedge fund sharpies backstopping Microsoft on this proposed deal. Not sure what they see in this. Maybe Mike Dell's company is sitting on vast undervalued real estate acreage. Or maybe they just want to suck up to Big Bill.

Which reminds me of a story I heard from a guy who had a bartender gig in Banff. Seems one evening when Big Bill Gates was in town for a conference Buddy's place had a sudden sweep of private security types. They paid the three or four unattached women in the bar cash to go and drink somewhere else.

Then Mr.Gates arrived.

Had a drink and left.

The market for Bill Gates stories is bigger than the market for Microsoft and Dell combined.

Henny Youngman would appreciate that.

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