08-11-2004, 11:00 PM
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Dell Hires HP's Top Notebook, PDA Guy
"Alex Gruzen has left Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) to share responsibility for Dell Inc.'s client product group with John Medica, a Dell spokesman confirmed Wednesday. As senior vice president and general manager at HP, Gruzen ran the company's notebook, Tablet PC, and PDA (personal digital assistant) division prior to leaving. When he joins Dell later this month, he will share joint responsibility with Medica for product development, marketing, and procurement within Dell's client product business, said Mike Maher, a Dell spokesman...It also means Dell now has insight into HP's notebook and PDA product strategy over the upcoming months. The two companies are locked in fierce competition for the top spot in PC market share, and Gruzen's hiring gives Dell a sense of what HP is trying to do as both companies head into the fourth-quarter holiday shopping season."
Intriguing! I'll let you guys speculate as to the meaning of this. 
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08-11-2004, 11:21 PM
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I guess the rumors we heard were true.
Dell looks like its going to become the dominant pda producer in the next year. After HP's horrible design decisions this season, and their general decline in sales, I really don't see Dell not stepping in. This just provides more proof.
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08-11-2004, 11:28 PM
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Just as long has he doesn't carry the "don't provide an upgraded OS to your existing users" mentality to Dell... :?
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08-11-2004, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
Just as long has he doesn't carry the "don't provide an upgraded OS to your existing users" mentality to Dell... :?
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They already have that.
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08-11-2004, 11:36 PM
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It means that Dell will start to make PPCs that no one wants!
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08-11-2004, 11:42 PM
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I can not imagine that one person guided the entire development and implementation of HP�s entire line of PDA�s. That probably contributed to the pooling waste that is accumulating in the PDA department at HP but I�m thinking there is more going on behind the scenes then simply losing one exec. What I REALLY want to know is why he left. I consider that the better question. And an even better question is what can we expect from Dell in terms of a PDA in the future. Is there any word of a Dell VGA PDA yet? If not this could be a major break for Dell.
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It also means Dell now has insight into HP's notebook and PDA product strategy over the upcoming months. The two companies are locked in fierce competition for the top spot in PC market share, and Gruzen's hiring gives Dell a sense of what HP is trying to do as both companies head into the fourth-quarter holiday shopping season."
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I can guarantee you that Dell and Gruzen are going to tread VERY carefully on what info is disclosed. I know when our IT manager went over to the competition many a lawsuit was flung around about confidentiality clauses. I don�t believe for a nanosecond that Gruzen didn�t sign similar NDA while at HP. Consequently I�m betting HP is going to be seriously paying attention to what Dell does over the next few months to see if they need to unleash a pack of lawyers on Dell.
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08-12-2004, 12:12 AM
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I thought it was a joke
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08-12-2004, 12:31 AM
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I don't believe he will give out this info. Corps make employees sign non-disclosure agreements. They'd sue his pants off 8O
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08-12-2004, 01:16 AM
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I would like to know what his non-compete said, or more specifically, even if he had one. Highly unusual in this competitive business world....
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08-12-2004, 01:34 AM
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Given what's been going on with the iPAQ of late, you really have to sit and wonder why he left.
There's no way (unless he wants to get his pants sued off by HP) that he would be breaking his non-disclosure agreement plus that would be corporate suicide (his next or new employer might be inclined to think, "so if you leave us - are you going to break your NDA with us?")
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