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Re: [新聞]聯想買下IBM PC部門 將拍板定案
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Originally posted by mfhsieh at 2004-12-8 01:54 AM:
請詳 聯想買下IBM PC部門 將拍板定案
我的 ThinkPad 是去年這個時候買的，還有二年全球保固，一年加購的台灣地區保固 ......
不敢想像以後會變成怎樣。B) B) B)
The New York Times 的原文，直接連到這個Link需要註冊，所以我就貼上來。不過我從Google搜尋的結果連過去倒是不需要註冊!?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/07/technology/07computer.html
I.B.M. Close to Selling PC Business
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN and STEVE LOHR
Published: December 7, 2004
I.B.M. has reached an agreement in principle to sell its personal computer business to Lenovo, China's largest PC maker, in a deal valued at between $1 billion and $2 billion, people close to the negotiations said yesterday. I.B.M. is expected to maintain a small minority stake in the business.
The sale is expected to be announced on Wednesday morning in China, these people said; that is Tuesday night in the United States. But the deal is complex, these executives cautioned, and the timing could slip or the companies could fail to reach a final agreement.
Trading in the shares of Lenovo Group, formerly Legend, was suspended yesterday on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Later in the day, the company announced it was engaged in "acquisition talks with a major international technology company."
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The tentative deal would include features to retain I.B.M. customers and maintain the I.B.M. brand for a bridge period of a few years, people close to the talks said.
The goal, they added, would be to make the transfer of the business as smooth as possible and give Lenovo the best chance of retaining I.B.M. customers. For a period, I.B.M. would provide assistance with technical support and financing and access to I.B.M. sales channels outside of China, these people said.
Providing these services would bring fees to I.B.M., and give the company a continuing stake in Lenovo's success. If I.B.M. retained the technical support and financing parts of the business for a period, these could also have the effect of reducing the purchase price for Lenovo, according to industry analysts.
Technical support and financing, they said, tend to be steady and profitable businesses for PC companies because they are immune to the up-and-down cycles of the hardware business. So if Lenovo is only acquiring the PC hardware operations at first, the cost to the Chinese company might be reduced, they said.
Analysts also noted that Lenovo, which is partly owned by the Chinese government, might be an attractive customer for I.B.M.'s business consulting practice, providing Lenovo with management expertise and technical skill as it strives to become a force against the likes of Dell and Hewlett-Packard in the global PC industry.
For I.B.M., the sale of its personal computer business would enable it to focus on services and software, and on selling larger server computers that power corporate networks and the Internet. Its server business, unlike its PC division, is consistently a profit leader for the company.
I.B.M. does not break out the size of its personal computer sales precisely as part of its personal systems group, which includes computerized cash registers and hand-held computers used in retailing. But analysts estimate the PC revenues at $10 billion a year, with the business hovering at break-even.
A sale would not have much of an impact on I.B.M.'s profits, analysts said, but it would remove a potential drag on its earnings and free up resources for the businesses that it is betting on for future profit growth. |
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