The Dell Debacle

By now you’ve [heard that Dell is going private](http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/dell-sets-23-8-billion-deal-to-go-private/), and is no longer a publicly traded company. [Michael Dell’s infamous quote](http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-203937.html) has been slung all around the web as a [Nelson-esque](http://www.myinstants.com/instant/the-simpsons-nelsons-ha-ha/) “ha-ha” moment. Much of what I have read has been fairly wrong-headed, because most assume this is an admission of failure, but it’s not. […]

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