IBM's decision to sell off the Thinkpad business was a good one. They must have ...

		boundlessdreamz on June 28, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Acer’s Everywhere. How Did That Happen? IBM's decision to sell off the Thinkpad business was a good one. They must have learned it from the commidification of their other businesses like the Hard Disk business. The margin of Acer is 2%. That is really really low. IBM margins in services must be in 20s.

Yup. IBM has an operating margin of 17% according to Yahoo.