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    • zachary715Z
      zachary715 @NerdyDad
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      @nerdydad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

      @zachary715 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

      Dell considering returning public, other options as they look to raise capital... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/dell-technologies-is-said-to-be-considering-ipo-other-options

      One of the things I like about Dell is the fact that they are a private company, therefore don't have the pressures to do things that may not be the best decision for consumers in order to please shareholders. Will be watching this play out and see what changes this might bring.

      Just because you are private, doesn't mean you don't have shareholders. Its just that they are not publicly traded on a stock exchange. Pressure of shareholders could still be there. You just wouldn't have the SEC breathing down your neck.

      But it does mean your name isn't in the news every quarter when you report earnings and people nit-picking your statements. This is what I'm referring to. As a private company, you can generally make better long-term decisions with less scrutiny than you could as a public company.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @zachary715
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        @zachary715 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

        Dell considering returning public, other options as they look to raise capital... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/dell-technologies-is-said-to-be-considering-ipo-other-options

        One of the things I like about Dell is the fact that they are a private company, therefore don't have the pressures to do things that may not be the best decision for consumers in order to please shareholders. Will be watching this play out and see what changes this might bring.

        That seems like an insanely bad move.

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        • coliverC
          coliver @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

          @zachary715 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

          Dell considering returning public, other options as they look to raise capital... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/dell-technologies-is-said-to-be-considering-ipo-other-options

          One of the things I like about Dell is the fact that they are a private company, therefore don't have the pressures to do things that may not be the best decision for consumers in order to please shareholders. Will be watching this play out and see what changes this might bring.

          That seems like an insanely bad move.

          Much of Dell's recent acquisitions and success can be attributed to Michael Dell taking it private again. This really does seem like a terrible move.

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          • coliverC
            coliver
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            Unless Dell is trying to cash out? I'm not sure how that would work for him actually.

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            • black3dynamiteB
              black3dynamite
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              http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/01/xorg-will-default-display-server-ubuntu-18-04-lts

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @coliver
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                @coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                Unless Dell is trying to cash out? I'm not sure how that would work for him actually.

                Very possible, but that was SO much work to get private, too much for a quick cash out I think.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                  @black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                  http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/01/xorg-will-default-display-server-ubuntu-18-04-lts

                  Not as important as...

                  http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/11/ubuntu-finally-long-last-time-support-color-emoji

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                  • dbeatoD
                    dbeato
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                    https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-15999

                    Lenovo at it again.

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                    • black3dynamiteB
                      black3dynamite
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                      @dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                      https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-15999

                      Lenovo at it again.

                      This is not an issue with users that on Windows 10?

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                      • zachary715Z
                        zachary715 @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        @coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                        Unless Dell is trying to cash out? I'm not sure how that would work for him actually.

                        Very possible, but that was SO much work to get private, too much for a quick cash out I think.

                        There's a firm that helped Michael Dell take the company private. Very possible they're wanting to cash out and going public is the way to do it. Who knows.

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                        • dbeatoD
                          dbeato @black3dynamite
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                          @black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                          @dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                          https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-15999

                          Lenovo at it again.

                          This is not an issue with users that on Windows 10?

                          It can be but they are saying only Windows 7 and 8...

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @dbeato
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                            @dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                            https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-15999

                            Lenovo at it again.

                            meh.. I won't crucify them over this.. other vendors have had similar issues. There are tons of other things to be upset with them over...

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                            • coliverC
                              coliver @zachary715
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                              @zachary715 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                              @coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                              Unless Dell is trying to cash out? I'm not sure how that would work for him actually.

                              Very possible, but that was SO much work to get private, too much for a quick cash out I think.

                              There's a firm that helped Michael Dell take the company private. Very possible they're wanting to cash out and going public is the way to do it. Who knows.

                              From what I've read it was a firm he founded and held majority share of. He was the sole person to bring Dell private. Either he's trying for a quick cash out, which wouldn't make much sense since Dell just took over EMC and VMWare, or he's going to get out of the game and the company can't afford to buy him out. Either way seems very unlikely.

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                              • zachary715Z
                                zachary715 @coliver
                                last edited by zachary715

                                @coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                @zachary715 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                @coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                Unless Dell is trying to cash out? I'm not sure how that would work for him actually.

                                Very possible, but that was SO much work to get private, too much for a quick cash out I think.

                                There's a firm that helped Michael Dell take the company private. Very possible they're wanting to cash out and going public is the way to do it. Who knows.

                                From what I've read it was a firm he founded and held majority share of. He was the sole person to bring Dell private. Either he's trying for a quick cash out, which wouldn't make much sense since Dell just took over EMC and VMWare, or he's going to get out of the game and the company can't afford to buy him out. Either way seems very unlikely.

                                Silver Lake was the name of the firm. Looks like they helped Dell take the company private and currently own about 18%. This is just one reason people are speculating they are considering this move

                                https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/26/dell-is-considering-acquisitions-or-a-possible-ipo-sources.html

                                From the article...

                                Another consideration for Dell in its deliberations is offering a path to private equity firm Silver Lake 
                                to cash out on its investment in the company. Silver Lake helped bankroll Michael Dell's $24.9 billion 
                                deal in 2013 to take the company private and owns about 18 percent of the company.
                                
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                                • dbeatoD
                                  dbeato
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                                  Ubiquiti Usurvey for Android
                                  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.usurvey

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @dbeato
                                    last edited by

                                    @dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                    Ubiquiti Usurvey for Android
                                    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.usurvey

                                    nice

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                                    • travisdh1T
                                      travisdh1 @dbeato
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                                      @dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                      Ubiquiti Usurvey for Android
                                      https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubnt.usurvey

                                      Looking nice.

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @dbeato
                                        last edited by

                                        @dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                        https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-15999

                                        Lenovo at it again.

                                        Is Lenovo really on anyone's buy list any more...

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                                        • travisdh1T
                                          travisdh1 @DustinB3403
                                          last edited by

                                          @dustinb3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                          @dbeato said in Miscellaneous Tech News:

                                          https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len-15999

                                          Lenovo at it again.

                                          Is Lenovo really on anyone's buy list any more...

                                          Someone still was as of the 2017 Mangocon 😕

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                                          • black3dynamiteB
                                            black3dynamite
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                                            https://fossbytes.com/2018-intel-cpus-will-be-free-of-meltdown-and-spectre-bugs/

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