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By kibblz

September 5, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

so we can say good bye to more US jobs!….this is getting silly.. the US really doesn’t make anything any more - we are completely dependent on foreign countries - HOW SAD we have become. The US will only be a strong nation if we can count on ourselves for things.

By kibblz

September 5, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

so we can say good bye to more US jobs!….this is getting silly.. the US really doesn’t make anything any more - we are completely dependent on foreign countries - HOW SAD we have become. The US will only be a strong nation if we can count on ourselves for things.

By Joe Bogus

September 5, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Curiously, the comment form claims “Your e-mail address will be displayed.”, yet I see no addresses on the prev. comments. I see a “mailto:” tag, but let’s not quibble…

I knew Little Mickey Dell when he 1st moved into Jester Hall, at the University of Texas, Austin. He once called me to borrow some test gear. This is a guy who can’t even spell “PC”! Will he or his product be missed? Not by anyone with a Clue!

By JJ

September 5, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this

Seems like some has a bad case of the ‘jellies’. cough Joe Bogus cough

By Barney

September 5, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this

Smart move. Now Dell can pass blame to their Pacific Rim subcontractors for their substandard products and tech support. Too bad they can’t offshore the management and marketing teams overseas too. What an tragedy Austin is still associated with Dell.

By Steve1974

September 5, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

What a “tragedy” Austin is still associated with Dell? Do you realize how much money the Dells have given and donated to programs in and around Austin?

By DCMC Worker

September 5, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Sucks to be working at Dell. The Dell’s have donated a tremendous amount of money to the Dell Children’s Medical Center, obviously, since their name is on it. Without those funds, would we even be working here now? We are grateful for their continued assistance.

By borninatx

September 5, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this

It was known that pert of the factory here would affect approximately 1000-1500 manufacuring jobs. The plant still has a lot of employees that seem to be in support functions such as Accounting and Fianance, Purchasing, Human Resources, Marketing, Sales ect. Would the sales of factories actually affect the Austin employees that we have now? If they moved everyone or laid off the residual of employees, would Dell have to reimburse any incentives they have already received? Would all support functions be transferred into one location (the new facility which I understand received very large incentives) eliminating duplication of jobs?

By Wilco Resident

September 5, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

When is the going out of business sale? Might pick up a dell or two.

By Brian

September 5, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

A really hard-nosed management would have unloaded the U.S. real estate back when it would have brought top dollar, and wouldn’t have made the corporate welfare deals that’ll have to be settled up. This is just the reality faced by business in the U.S. - high overhead, high taxes (incl property taxes), high labor costs, shrinking margins, weakening profits. No point in trying to “make” anything in the U.S. that can be made elsewhere and shipped worldwide at a fraction of U.S. costs. Dell will still need some sales-marketing people for corporate-govt accounts and a little back office to handle U.S. legal and tax, but that’s about it.

By Dick

September 5, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

REVOLT! BURN IT ALL DOWN!

WE DONT NEED NO STINKING AMERICA!

I THINK I REMEMBER: EAT THE RICH. YES, LITERALLY EAT THEM.

PALIN LOOKS GOOD TO ME!

By Frank Tilley

September 5, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

when you buy parts from another mfr, you decrease your own costs for payroll taxes, health insurance, etc. the list of savings is endless

you want american jobs to stop going overseas? stop taxing the hell out of them — and you might as well include health insurance as part of those tax costs because they’re just as mandatory as taxes

By Kurly M

September 5, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

One of my duties is to assess if my employees (the people I pay to provide a service) are needed or if I can afford to employ them. For example, last year I fired Time Warner Cable (I pay them to provide entertainment) because I could no longer afford them, and found a cheaper alternative. Last week, I fired HBO, because I found their services below standard. We make these same kinds of descisions everyday, and we consider ourselves “fiscally responsible”. Dell does it and they are considered “bad for the economy”. How is that possible?!?!

By oic

September 5, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

Wow Joe, you sound like a jealous former friend. Michael Dell has made a strong impact on the computing world and has given jobs to thousands of paople around the world and has made many many people wealthy beyond their imaginations. I’m sorry if you feel slighted but i the over all big picture many people have benefitted from Michael Dell. I be Round Rock wouldn’t even be on the map if Dell wasn’t headquartered here.

By ironical

September 5, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

good point, kurly. the answer is because many people are short-sighted and refuse to consider the whole picture. that or they are terribly, unfortunately, very selfish. or both.

the saddest part is that it is their choice to perceive things as they do.

they could change it in a heartbeat if …

By ESG

September 5, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Dell does not really design anything. They use mostly off the shelf technology. Their claim to fame used to be lean cost effective manufacturing and inventory controll. Now if they can’t even do that, what is their value add?

By usedtoworkthere

September 5, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

Sad that our country is loosing more jobs, yes, but it seems that the tech industry is a dying horse right now. What is the new big hot industry??? Somthing will come along…. I also am a former Dell person, it seemed like when we were there everyone was trying to break out like a prison break. Time for a chnage.

By Helen

September 5, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

So … does this mean that Dell computers, like everything else, will now be built in China? That’s just great. Good-bye quality, hello junk.

By Bob

September 5, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

RE: Helen

Dell’s are already designed in China, and a majority of the parts come from Korea, Taiwan, China, etc. Very few systems (servers and storage) are actually still assembled in the US. You’ve been buying China “junk” for several years especially if you have a Dell laptop.

By Christopher

September 5, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

Michael Dell may have made a strong impact on the computing world, employed thousands, and made many others wealthy, but-

if they closed their doors tomorrow (something I don’t actually wish for, and I have family who still work there) would Dell Inc. really be missed? In other words, what does Dell still do that no other company can?

By JD

September 5, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

Not India! Who will we talk to now to get Tech(?)Support?

By JD

September 5, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this

Oh no, not India! How are we going to get Tech(?) Support.

By jpt51

September 5, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this

If I owned stock in Dell, I’d be selling…

By keith

September 5, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

It’s funny how bent out of shape people get over a story that didn’t even come straight from Dell. It’s basically a ‘rumor’ when it comes down to it….yet everyone is acting like it came straight from Dell….it just said it was from ‘sources’ but I never take stories like that seriously, cause 99% of the time they end up getting dismissed and rightfully so - someone probably made the story up and the WSJ bought into it…..until Dell comes out right and announces it, then don’t believe it - gee what a bunch of gullible people

By DSE

September 5, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

So all Dell does today is assemple other people’s parts into computers. Tomorrow they’ll only buy comptures assembled by other people and sell them to us. So what’s the value they add? I thought their strength was in they’re opperations?

By Duh

September 5, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Looking at the spelling and errors, I was musing that maybe “oic” is Mike Dell.OIC are you Mikey Dell?

By Chili Cheese Dog

September 5, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

Why is it that the statesman lets people blog about Las Manitas or anything else with blind e-mails, but on Dell stories they have to show thier e-mail address? Who is Big Brother watching?

By ChuckS

September 5, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

Have any of you people really read Obama’s economic policies?

By compaq computers

September 6, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

I wonder if HP is going to have bill boards opposite the Dell factories advertising employment opportunities like Mike Dell did? What goes around comes around Mikey you greedy selfish pig!!!

By Steve

September 6, 2008 11:18 PM | Link to this

Doesnt sound like many of you know how this consumer electronics busines works. Very few people make their own stuff - Dell is one of the last that actually manufactures its own product. Apple and HP sure as heck dont. And just because you pay someone else to manufacture your product - it doesnt mean they design your product. Dell would dictate what it wants and the factory would make it - just as it happens today. And for all those that say Dell adds nothing - its not just Round Rock that Dell put on the map - its Austin as well.

By Jimmnknee kricket

September 7, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Dell’s lez employees will have to go work at the fire dept.

By M DELL

September 7, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

My apologies to everyone, but that’s showbiz! Yes, I do read these post and I know who you are. You’re FIRED! And YOU, and YOU…no health care, severence? What’s that? Kevin Rollins took every last cent, dammit!

By zeon

September 8, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

Steve: Austin was on the map long before Dell opened shop.