Nice comment by Trevor Pott http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/07/my_dell_merger_wish_list/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/07/my_dell_merger_wish_... >

Nice comment by Trevor Pott http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/07/my_dell_merger_wish_list/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/07/my_dell_merger_wish_... > More precisely, they didn't understand their own irrelevance. > EMC's brass – along with that of many other tech companies – believed in a sort of manifest destiny. Their corporate largesse and sheer market share meant that they could dictate terms to customers. They believed, seemingly honestly, that this would persist. ... > To this end, my wish list for EMC II revolves around R&D. Dell: please let EMC II experiment. Let them try new things. Above all let them fail. Archive link http://archive.is/tYQy7 http://archive.is/tYQy7