People who made a ton of money making the information superhighway are out in the cold now that it is up & running; there are billions of people in Asia that will “telecommute” to these jobs...
I’ve never been much impressed with Dell gear. I find most of it is always lacking in features (I am talking from an enterprise stand point, not home/consumer goods). Their gear runs and runs to be sure; but it is not well thought out and seems to copy the innovators with shoestring budgets.
I am sorry to hear about all these layoff’s however. Its tough as it is “out there” and the folks are going to have a hard time finding employment that matches what they were making at Dell.