This is what CEOs do
Foo Fighter, let's be realistic for a second. What else was he going to say? "Oh yeah, with Dell coming in, everyone else is doomed. I've already written my resume." Of course he isn't going to state or even imply that a new competitor is more than his company can handle. To do otherwise would be stupid.
One of the jobs of a CEO is to be a corporate cheerleader. Dell's entry into handhelds has generated a tremendous amount of hype. As the head of PalmSource, part of his job is to try to deflate some of that hype.
Mr. Nagel is right when he said, There is a reticence (on the part of manufacturers) to commit to a single platform." The director of worldwide mobile products for Dell recently said, "The possibility of us producing a Palm OS-based model is not out of the question for the future."
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