[wai-ming]

IBM puts its PC business up for sale - NY Times.

I didn't know IBM owned the New York Times. That is one PC business I would get rid of too.

[Gay State Conservative]

If it's bought by a Chinese firm,I'll have to add IBM
(personal PCs) to my "boycott" list,for every penny
spent on Chinese-made goods or goods sold by Chinese
companies,goes toward Chinese nuclear subs off of our
shores and the shores of our allies.

[chilepepper]

outright sale is not likely to happen... the fact that IBM is willing to put its name on it is the reason IBM laptops for example are so popular. a "Lenovo" Thinkpad just ain't going to be very attractive IMHO.

a joint venture is more likely, as pointed out in the register

[Dalite]

Well, maybe Bill Gates will finally get over his feud with IBM over not accepting the version of the basic programming environment that he wrote and offered to them in the very early days.

MSBasic vs Basica, MSDOS vs PCDos, and who can forget the battle of the network software standards.

If IBM hadn't been so top heavy in bureaucracy, their micro-channel architecture may have been able to capture the Video market, by getting there first.

IBM has been plagued as being an elephant competing in a footrace that required dynamic action; quickly executed.

Now, Gates may be able to turn his attention to producing a quality OS and not punishing the consumer to get back at IBM, as he has done the past 1/4 century.

[G Larry]

Somebody wake up the State Dept. and remind them that its their job to ensure China DOES NOT buy IBMs PC division.

[leadpencil1]

The PC business is a distraction to IBM.