“PC时代结束了”,IBM总裁兼CEOGerstner这句话可谓是一语惊四座。如果发此高论的是网络厂商,也许并不令人称奇。但作为PC制造商,尤其是IBM PC曾经带来了个人计算的蓬勃发展和极度辉煌,现在IBM却要宣告这个时代的完结,究竟是出于怎样的一种勇气和胆略呢?在与IBM PSG(个人系统事业部)副总裁和首席信息官Phil D.Hester先生的面谈中,笔者不由提出质疑。 Phil解释说,PC时代的结束是指 “The PC era is over,” said Gerstner, IBM’s president and CEO. If this is a network vendor, it may not be surprising. But as PC makers, especially IBM PCs, brought about the vigorous development and extreme splendor of personal computing, now IBM has to announce the end of this era. What kind of courage and boldness is it? With IBM PSG In an interview with Mr. Phil D. Hester, Vice President of the Personal Systems Division and Chief Information Officer, the author could not raise doubts. Phil explained that the end of the PC era means