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Zimphire · Apr 30, 2004, 12:10 AM

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-520...=zdfd.newsfeed

Gateway on Thursday reported a larger-than-expected first-quarter loss due to restructuring charges, and it announced plans to lay off 1,500 more employees by the end of the year, reducing its number of people to about 2,000.

gorickey · Apr 30, 2004, 12:11 AM

eMachines are friggin fantastic...

OldManMac · Apr 30, 2004, 12:24 AM

I've said it before, and I'll say it again; they're done. It's just a matter of time.

Applefreak01 · Apr 30, 2004, 12:32 AM

Originally posted by KarlG:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again; they're done. It's just a matter of time.

I totally agree. I swear 95% of the computers that come in to the computer shop where I work are Gateways. Most are new ones too. Die Gateway die...Oh wait no don't so I can keep my job

mitchell_pgh · Apr 30, 2004, 01:03 AM

It stinks because at one point in time, they were worth the money, but Dell has destroyed them.

eMachines aren't horrible, but they aren't going to save them...

chalk_outline · Apr 30, 2004, 04:03 AM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-520...=zdfd.newsfeed

Gateway on Thursday reported a larger-than-expected first-quarter loss due to restructuring charges, and it announced plans to lay off 1,500 more employees by the end of the year, reducing its number of people to about 2,000.

Does this make you happy? Is your love of Apple so great that 1,500 people losing their jobs is cool? ****, I hate you and I wouldn't want you to lose your job. You are putting a ugly face on Christianity.

And don't claim your lack of commentary (as usual) absolves you from guilt. Your motives for posting this are clear. Although I know you will claim that you are just posting a news story. You are transparent.

Big Mac · Apr 30, 2004, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by chalk_outline:
Does this make you happy? Is your love of Apple so great that 1,500 people losing their jobs is cool? ****, I hate you and I wouldn't want you to lose your job. You are putting a ugly face on Christianity.

And don't claim your lack of commentary (as usual) absolves you from guilt. Your motives for posting this are clear. Although I know you will claim that you are just posting a news story. You are transparent.

You must be joking. I don't see any smilies though, so perhaps you aren't. Is your real name Ted Waitt, perchance?

mitchell_pgh · Apr 30, 2004, 08:13 AM

I'll be honest, I'm kind of happy they are going under. I sure hope those jobs are picked up elsewhere, but realistically they will, but they won't be in this country.

Their advertising is behind the times, they can't compete with their hardware and they aren't priced appropriately.

It's a sure sign of the times.

benign · Apr 30, 2004, 08:32 AM

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
I'll be honest, I'm kind of happy they are going under. I sure hope those jobs are picked up elsewhere, but realistically they will, but they won't be in this country.

Their advertising is behind the times, they can't compete with their hardware and they aren't priced appropriately.

It's a sure sign of the times.

In the late nineties that's exactly what peeps were saying about Apple.

What go's around comes around in this industry.

Zimphire · Apr 30, 2004, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by chalk_outline:
Does this make you happy? Is your love of Apple so great that 1,500 people losing their jobs is cool? ****, I hate you and I wouldn't want you to lose your job. You are putting a ugly face on Christianity.

And don't claim your lack of commentary (as usual) absolves you from guilt. Your motives for posting this are clear. Although I know you will claim that you are just posting a news story. You are transparent.

Wait.. when did I say I was happy about this? I WAS just posting a news story.

Chill.

Shaddim · Apr 30, 2004, 12:17 PM

Originally posted by chalk_outline:
Does this make you happy? Is your love of Apple so great that 1,500 people losing their jobs is cool? ****, I hate you and I wouldn't want you to lose your job. You are putting a ugly face on Christianity.

And don't claim your lack of commentary (as usual) absolves you from guilt. Your motives for posting this are clear. Although I know you will claim that you are just posting a news story. You are transparent.

You hate Zimph for posting a news story? That pretty much makes you sludge, you know that don't you?

Immortal K-Mart Employee · Apr 30, 2004, 12:20 PM

Originally posted by chalk_outline:
Does this make you happy? Is your love of Apple so great that 1,500 people losing their jobs is cool? ****, I hate you and I wouldn't want you to lose your job. You are putting a ugly face on Christianity.

And don't claim your lack of commentary (as usual) absolves you from guilt. Your motives for posting this are clear. Although I know you will claim that you are just posting a news story. You are transparent.

All you have to do is repent on your death bed and all is forgiven.

Silly.

Zimphire · Apr 30, 2004, 12:21 PM

Originally posted by Immortal K-Mart Employee:
All you have to do is repent on your death bed and all is forgiven.

Silly.

What are you going on about now? What does this have to do with Gateway?

Immortal K-Mart Employee · Apr 30, 2004, 12:23 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
What are you going on about now? What does this have to do with Gateway?

I was replying to his post, no need for you to reply.

Zimphire · Apr 30, 2004, 12:26 PM

Please stay on topic. We don't kneed yet another topic being derailed with hateful silliness.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Apr 30, 2004, 12:32 PM

I was replying to chalk_outline outta nowhere rant. You should tell him to stay on topic.

Millennium · Apr 30, 2004, 12:57 PM

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
I was replying to chalk_outline outta nowhere rant. You should tell him to stay on topic.

OK, break it up, you two.

What chalk_outline did was uncool; nothing more than a cheap thread-jack. Joining in the fun wasn't the brightest thing SWG has ever done, but his posts lack the virulence of chalk_outline's. I don't see any real attempt at flaming from SWG here -certainly not on the scale of chalk_outline- but I'd suggest you two calm down before a real flamewar breaks out.

As for you, chalk_outline, kindly leave your personal hatreds at the door.

Zimphire · Apr 30, 2004, 07:33 PM

Thanks.

Anyhow, I remember back during Gateway's inception..

d0ubled0wn · Apr 30, 2004, 08:11 PM

Maybe Ted should lose the ponytail. It couldn't hurt.

Shaddim · Apr 30, 2004, 08:17 PM

Originally posted by d0ubled0wn:
Maybe Ted should lose the ponytail. It couldn't hurt.

If he did, what would Michael Dell have to grab ahold of?

d0ubled0wn · Apr 30, 2004, 08:48 PM

That is sick.

chalk_outline · May 1, 2004, 05:56 AM

Originally posted by MacNStein:
You hate Zimph for posting a news story? That pretty much makes you sludge, you know that don't you?

Didn't I say he posted a news story.

"And don't claim your lack of commentary (as usual) absolves you from guilt. Your motives for posting this are clear. Although I know you will claim that you are just posting a news story. You are transparent."

OK..

I hate him for other reasons. I like Lerkfish. It's not a bible thing..

Zimphire · May 1, 2004, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by chalk_outline:

"And don't claim your lack of commentary (as usual) absolves you from guilt. Your motives for posting this are clear. Although I know you will claim that you are just posting a news story. You are transparent."

And you were wrong.