Comments on: Will Wall Street sink tech?

By: Andy, Washington DC

Andy, Washington DC — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:04:52 +0000

A number of these failed financial companies spent a lot of money on tech and with their dissaperance it will definetly affect the tech sector. What's worse is that tech venture capital will dry up, and once the economy slows down consumer tech spending will fall - which will have the biggest impact on the tech titans.

By: Hugo, New York New York

Hugo, New York New York — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:06:06 +0000

Apple will never be able to hang. Their products are cute on the consumer side but will NEVER out-perform systems from Dell and similar brands. Dell and HP don't advertise near as much as Apple and never have, yet Apple doesn't even get 10% of their sales. I'm only talking about the consumer side; no serious company would use Apple for an enterprise solution.

By: Spencer Truax

Spencer Truax — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:45:28 +0000

apple will the first to collapse.

By: Mike, Austin, Texas

Mike, Austin, Texas — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:35:07 +0000

"Dell, Microsoft, HP, etc. will see another reason for business becoming softer. It is simply the rise of Apple which is slowly but surely becoming the next giant of tech. I started to predict to friends last year that Apple will become the dominant force in tech within a decade. I have loved Apple products for close to two decades. Now having purchased an iPhone I am even more sure that Apple’s growth will be HUGE. The iPhone is not simply a phone but my second mobile computer which makes life much productive, rewarding, and lots of fun.

Posted By Ron Estrada, Greensboro, Georgia : September 16, 2008 11:24 am "

Typical Apple fanboy who has no idea how an enterprise infrastructure works. Apple may become the next giant tech company on the consumer side — and I stress the word 'may' — but they will never become anywhere close to mainstream with enterprise IT.

Apple is horrible when it comes to enterprise relationships. Their products are God-awful to integrate, expensive to buy and and giant headache to maintain. My company has stopped allowing purchases of any Apple computers because of the giant pain they are in every facet to support in an enterprise level IT infrastructure.

Get a clue before you go blow some more sunshine up Steve Job's hole. His ego is already big enough.

By: Frank, Hollywood, CA

Frank, Hollywood, CA — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:55:40 +0000

You predicted apples rise last year?? WOW!! You must be Nostradamus!!!

By: Sonny Martin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Sonny Martin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:15:54 +0000

There is NO WAY that tech spending will decrease, the reason is incresing productivity demands the best software and hardware. It's that simple, but evidently the writer of the article only uses a word processor and doesn't understand the meaning of increasing productivity. I would bet that he/she is still using Wordstar on an old Sanyo computer! The article is a piece of ill-informed verbage.

By: Dave, Sierra Vista, Arizona

Dave, Sierra Vista, Arizona — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:46:23 +0000

How do you think contract assembly houses remain competitive? The total number of products built is essentially the same whether they are built in house or subcontracted, and someone needs to buy the manufacturing and logistics technology to do so. If anything, the IT requirements are greater in total with a subcontract model.

By: wilson. ny

wilson. ny — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:31:40 +0000

Don't forget about the huge increase of consumers using Linux distros/

By: Thomas, Chicago, IL

Thomas, Chicago, IL — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:29:30 +0000

The need for tech to increase productivity has lessened with labor outsourcing. Perhaps abacus sales will increase.

By: Chandler, AZ

Chandler, AZ — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:15:11 +0000

what do you mean the tech stock haven;t been hit??? Intel has fallen over 20% over the last several weeks due to the bank crisis. Intel gets majority of their revenues from overseas.