The NY Times has an article about Acer’s rapid return to relevance after languishing under a muddled corporate identity. If Acer stays on track this year, they will pass Dell and become the second-largest seller of PCs worldwide, trailing HP. It will be the highest position a non-US-based company has ever been on that list. “That is a big achievement, and they have beaten the odds,” says Roger L. Kay, a PC industry analyst and president of Endpoint Technologies Associates, a consultancy. “Acer is a real comer.”
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