Now let's see what else Mom found out. Dell is committed to industry standards like Windows 2000 and open standards like Linux. In non-proprietary architectures, innovation is high and costs are low. Dell helps bring down the cost of computing through industry standards. And you're seeing that now in servers and storage.
Workstations are a great example.
Then Dell entered the market as industry-standard components and software were taking hold. Proprietary vendors lost a huge amount of market share. It's certain that wireless will really change the way people work. But the debate is about how all of this will play out. Consider the phone.