IBM's pipeline to profits

So the PC isn't dead after all. Big Blue is showing gains in that realm and also using PCs to launch its services arsenal.

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Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT

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So the PC isn't dead after all. Big Blue is showing gains in that realm and also using PCs to launch its services arsenal.

"The PC market is still growing...but the network is the primary model of computing."

- Jim Pertzborn, IBM general manager of the Personal Systems Group

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