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HP-Compaq: The Consolidation Imperative in Enterprise Computing
Hewlett-Packard's announcement of its intent to acquire Compaq for $25 billion in stock represents far more than industry consolidation. It marks the formal acknowledgment that the
Read More →Microsoft's Xbox Launch: Hardware, Platforms, and Control
Microsoft's formal unveiling of the Xbox console this month represents far more than a diversification play by a software giant. It signals a fundamental reordering of how platform
Read More →Apple's Retail Strategy: Defying Conventional Wisdom at Great Cost
Apple's May 19th launch of its first two retail stores in Tysons Corner and Glendale represents either visionary brand-building or a catastrophic misreading of consumer electronics
Read More →Microsoft's Xbox Strategy: Platform Economics Beyond Windows
Microsoft's entry into the console wars this month isn't primarily about competing with Sony and Nintendo. It's about establishing platform economics in the living room before the
Read More →Apple's Retail Gamble: Lessons from a Contrarian Capital Allocation
On May 19th, Apple will open its first retail stores in Tysons Corner and Glendale, representing a $100 million bet on physical retail precisely when the technology sector is liqui
Read More →Apple's OS X Launch: Why Platform Transitions Matter More Than Ever
On March 24, Apple shipped Mac OS X to little fanfare from a distracted market. While analysts debate internet valuations and bandwidth gluts, this release represents something mor
Read More →The Microsoft Antitrust Settlement: What Enterprise Software Investors Must Know
With settlement talks intensifying between Microsoft and the incoming Bush administration's DOJ, enterprise software investors face a market structure inflection point. The outcome
Read More →AOL-Time Warner: When Distribution Eats Content
The largest merger in corporate history closed this month after thirteen months of regulatory review. What appeared to be a triumphant combination of new media distribution and tra
Read More →AOL-Time Warner: The $350 Billion Question Mark
The AOL-Time Warner merger, announced in January and closed this month, represents the apotheosis of New Economy thinking applied to Old Economy assets. As the deal consummates ami
Read More →AOL Time Warner: The $350 Billion Question Mark
The AOL Time Warner combination, finalized in January and now trading below its merger price, represents more than a single deal gone sideways. It crystallizes the central question
Read More →AOL Time Warner: The Cathedral of Convergence Thinking
Six months after regulatory approval, the $165 billion AOL Time Warner combination stands as the defining transaction of our era—not for what it achieves, but for what it illuminat
Read More →Oracle's $10.3B Hostile Bid for PeopleSoft: Enterprise Consolidation Begins
Oracle's unprecedented hostile takeover attempt of PeopleSoft represents more than corporate aggression—it marks the beginning of inevitable consolidation in enterprise application
Read More →The Peapod Acquisition: What Grocery.com's Collapse Tells Us
Royal Ahold's emergency acquisition of bankrupt Peapod for $73 million this month represents more than a distressed asset purchase—it's a referendum on the fundamental economics of
Read More →AOL Time Warner: The Death of Strategic Logic in M&A
Six months after the largest merger in history closed, the AOL Time Warner combination stands as the defining case study in bubble-era deal-making. What looked like 'convergence' i
Read More →The Microsoft Antitrust Verdict: Competition Policy Meets Innovation
On June 7th, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered Microsoft split into two companies — one for operating systems, one for applications. This remedy, following April's liability fi
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