Troubled Times at Gateway

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece looking at the future of Gateway in the light of the recent announcement of the departure of their CEO. The article revolves around the question: 'Will the sudden departure of Wayne Inouye and a slumping stock price leave the computer maker open to a buyout or takeover?'"

At a recent CEO roundtable...

[bobdotorg]

Michael Dell was asked what he would do if he were the CEO of Gateway:

"I'd butcher the cow and have a barbecque for the shareholders."

Can Wayne Inouye Save Gateway?

[neonprimetime]

Can Wayne Inouye Save Gateway? [slashdot.org] ... Apparently not.

About time!

[Channard]

Maybe now no more cows will have to die to provide the material for their PC boxes. Vegetable rights and peace!

Re:Stick a fork into Gateway

[AndroidCat]

Whoa! Better check for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy first!

It's up to Google...

[dbucowboy]

Google should buy Gateway... it'd be a good move for them... :)

Re:Stupid Cow

[Bin_jammin]

That's hardly true. Gateway's got the most innovative website I've ever seen. Rarely does navigating a site equate to taking a Mensa IQ test. Every other OEM has relatively easy support pages, but Gateway takes the high road, demanding that you improve yourself in order solve whatever problem you may have. Dell, Apple, etc... all represent a "dumbing down" user experience, while Gateway is helping us help ourselves. After all, the smarter we become using their site, the less we will have to use their site at all. This must be working, because after using the site to find drivers, I've given up and vow never to return.

I know - HP WILL BUY THEM!

[Ralph Spoilsport]

And then HP will become the BIGGEST COMPUTER MAKER in the entire WORLD!

HP will INNOVATE and INVENT the computer of the future! While other clone makers like Dell and IBM have their computers built by third party sweatshops in China, HP will BUY Gateway, and LEAD the world into a technical future of INNOVATION and EXCELLENCE.

RS

ps: if HP *does* buy the rotting carcass of Gateway, I'll laugh so hard...

Re:BTX?

[windowpain]

Yeah, brilliant idea, those keyboards. N00bs were constantly reprogramming them by accidentally hitting the key combo that turned on macro recording mode. Sort of like giving people a massage table that doubled as a band saw when you shift your weight just right.