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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+77I guess...but my thought is that this guy isn't giving a shred of proof for his idea, and won't tell anyone, but thinks, based on his own review, that it will change the world.
A man is always wise in his own eyes.
IMO if this were my idea I'd humbly tell a few select friends and that's it. None of this promising the world, we've had enough of that all throughout history. And most of the time those people fall flat on their face. The ones who did change the world never thought highly of themselves or their work.
You're never smart until you realize you're stupid. - AlexApetrei, on 10/12/2007, -5/+80I wish you the best of luck in your en devour.
And if you succeed, i will most definitely be purchasing a pirated version of your idea. - ledmatrix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+70No offense joseguia, but in your correspondences with Dell, you come across as a twit. I hope you aren't serious about being contacted about your idea. I doubt they are taking you serious. I sure wouldn’t.
- treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+66@ the OP
You're an idiot... don't stroll up to Michael Dell and hand-over your idea for them to make millions off.
No they won't partner with you if you tell them. They will take the idea, say it sux and hand it to their management board who will decide whether to adopt it or not.
If you think it's great roll with it yourself.
Secondly, Dell is a ***** technology company. They don't innovate. All they do is take existing technology and pump it out to the masses in all it's ricey glory. - zephc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53"Mr. Dell. Michael - may I call you Michael? Michael. I'd like to show you these immortality rings I have here; I- I think they'll change computing forever! No, please, just a moment of your time. Please, don't run, I don't want to have to chase you..."
- in2thel2ain, on 10/12/2007, -1/+46I have a great idea that will revolutionize Pamela Anderson's career. But I will only tell it to her boobs and demand a face to face meeting.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+37if his idea is to lease out computers, he is lame indeed
- tygut1, on 10/12/2007, -11/+38Good luck, a Digg to help you get there.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28I'll digg you only if you promise to not put ads on your site.
- AnalystX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22I have to agree with ledmatrix. Your style of communication, if used in a correspondence to me, would have caused an instant spam reaction. What is with the [comma space dot dot space]? I don't understand why anyone would go out of their way to correspond using incorrect punctuation when the correct punctuation is easier to type: [comma space]. At this point you would be best served turning over your idea to a broker, or hiring yourself an administrative assistant who can communicate professionally.
- btipling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23This guy's website just screams 'ignorant doofus.'
"The people here are awesome, top notch!!1111one
I got an idea for DELL 2.1 ..!!!!!!
omgroflcoptersubmittodigg 2.0!!!!" - geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Yes it is. It's almost as bad an idea as DRM, as it is effectively the same thing, only for software instead of for media.
- luckyjonny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20Indeed. The tone of his emails certainly says CRAZYGUY!!!
- cosmicr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18"If you communicate like a 13-year old AOL user, your idea is worth F-ing zero. "
agreed. things like "you roxx!" will not get you anywhere. how old are you joseguia? I dont care if I get buried, but you sound like a tool. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20The comment form has a spell check. "prestegus" = prestigious
Dell is still one of the biggest, if not the biggest distributor of PCs. Someone who can't hit a button that says "Check Spelling," probably isn't the best person to take any advice from.
I think It's a dumb idea. Here's to wasting money on bandwidth and a domain. - jerwood, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Well, obviously, he doesn't want someone other than Michael Dell, visionary, to steal his awesome idea. Because someone who call sell lots of cookie cutter computers in massive quantities with razor margins, without much in the way of original R&D is the only kind of guy who can get a great idea like his off the ground.
- spartan777, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17sorry man, but its a weak idea, lease software/hardware? who cares, why couldn't they now? or just buy and sell on ebay. leasing cars has been around for a while, but how many lease cars? some, but very few. the way you praise dell's so-so products (some cool, some suck) makes you sound like you work at dell. sorry man.
- portis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16She ROXX eh? Good start to a conversation.
- Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15what exactly is the idea? I wanna support the underdog, but after checking out the website it isnt clear that there is any substance to this
- tardmongerster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I used to rent software from a store in Virginia in the 90's. They had lots of good stuff. It was retail stuff on disks of course. Rent, copy, repeat!
- sowdog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13/me plans to start a site to meet scarlett johansson to uhm ..er.. share an idea
PREPARE TO DIGG IT FOLKS :D - Petrarch1603, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12i still dont see any substance to the claim that this will change the way software is sold. has this guy sold software before? has he done anything on a scale of a company like dell? probably not. There are scores of businessmen who want to make proposals to leaders of industries. nothing indicates why this guy is any different [not being harsh, just healthy skepticism]
- tumcerhum, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Anyone ever heard of viral marketing?
I mean, really, guys and gals, look at the unwarranted dell 'innovation' fanboyism.
No doubt the story will unfold over the next few days and weeks, goals will be met, announcements over some new revolutionary way of using computers (read: some new revolutionary way for Dell to get your money and/or crush its opposition) will be made, good times will be shared by all etc. An inspiring tale of the little nerd who could.
Please grow some scepticism. - DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Is anyone running a book on how long it will be before Dell's legal ***** send a "cease, desist, and hand it over to us" letter about the domain name? 'cos I want in. Ten bucks says it lasts till next tuesday!
- Egoist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Except that in the corporate world, there are people whose jobs it is to do just this and he can easily speak to them. Even if he talked to Michael Dell, he would more than likely just pass it down to those people and that would be it.
This guy just wants to talk to Michael Dell for personal reasons or to say that he talked to Michael Dell, not to pass along some great idea. If all he wanted to do was give the company the idea, he would've given it to them already.
From reading his introduction, it sounds like his idea is about leasing/renting computers and software. I pray that it's more than that, otherwise he's going to get a very tepid response. - SundayTrain, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Brings back memories....
Back in the day a co-worker/software engineer had this "great idea" that related to a new type of licensing model with hardware and software and a tie in with Citrix Metaframe, Dedicated servers, thin clients.... all the stuff we have come to know today...
He thought the model and the details of his plan were revolutionary and one day he just left his job and when I called him, he was on his way to talk with Dell too. He went to Austin. He had a middle level meeting with some reps and the last I heard, his wife was looking for him because of unpaid child support bills. He spent everything he had and from what I last remember, he is now working IT for Southwest Airlines in human resources.
He never hit it big. It's a sad story but true.
Just like in Texas Holdem, always save yourself some outs.... - vonskippy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13DELL SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!
- khrome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@iFrank: reRTFA, he *wants* to patent it.
- jobyyboj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I'd be surprised if Dell entertains unsolicited product ideas. I mean, if Dell did use the idea, the author has legal recourse to claim a share of the profits, more power to him. If however they *already* have a similar idea in the works, he then has legal recourse to claim a share of Dell's profits. Ordinarily the legal department wants a total release signed before anyone even receives any ideas submitted 'over the wall'. Sad to say, but this is the way our legal system works.
- munkt0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10"Is it LAME to digg my own story?"
not really, but lame takes on a whole new meaning when you refer to yourself as a 'crazy guy' - Balanced, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Yes, this is lame.
If you have a good idea, patent it and develop it as far as you can so as to get venture capital.
Dell's not really in the 'innovative' business, after all... They make pretty standard boxes at a range of quality levels, but really don't do much 'new' stuff until someone else tries it first. - senfo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9How will Digging it let you know what happens?
- fraggle35, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8in two words..... stupid *****.
- bigtomrodney, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I'm not even going to comment on the idea here - but I will say that if you intend approaching a corporation like Dell the least you could do is make an effort with communication. Sending emails that look like they are from a ten year old is not going to draw the right kind of attention. Not to mention doing a little research first. You don't send things directly to the Director, you don't send things to the girl on the helpdesk. You send it to their labs, their development department, marketing perhaps. Anywhere that doesn't make you look like the crazy guy jumping up and stalking Michael Dell.
All this aside - it really seems that this is a bit halfassed. Having access to a blog does not lend instant credibility to a project.
For the record - don't ever use the term "rocks" in a corporate email. - posneg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Hey if you've got a great idea that's umm... great. But why oh why are you constantly using completely retarded punctuation? Where the heck did you come up with , .. ? And why do you put , .. it after nearly every , .. thought?
It doesn't mean ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!
As another poster said, you sound like a bit of a twit. But then again if you weren't you probably wouldn't go through all this trouble so I say good luck to you! :) - srg13, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Xgrid is a tool to let you make a supercomputer with a bunch of macs, not to let others use your computer when it's not in use.
- bigthink, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11I'm sorry to do this, but...
Dell, a “thinking-outside-the-box” company? We’re talking about Dell, right? Dell’s PC product lineup is a veritable Wikipedia how-to guide on how to not innovate. The 2010?? Man, I spent considerable time playing with one of these things about two weeks ago… For starters, the thing is stupid ugly…with the panel open, the deck looks like a mid ‘80’s VCR. The panel is free to crash into the motorized pop-up optical drive gizmo (a serious mechanical oversight/mistake). The keyboard sucks. Oh, and it costs $3500. Wait, let me say that one more time. It costs $3500 (starting price)…right, I’m talking US dollars. Guess how many of these they’re selling at that price? That would be ummm…not many. For $3500 you damn well expect something amazing (that much cake will most definitely build you one bada$$ desktop system)…and I’m here to tell you that the 2010 falls short all over the place. When upper management says to the R&D team…”ok you guys, retail for this is gonna be $3500”, they’re basically saying…”here’s a blank check, build something awesome”. To think that this was the best they could come up with given this kind of budget and mandate is utterly embarrassing. Truly. Imagine what Sony or Apple would have done with that kind of jack to spread around on a big box. Dell doesn’t play in the same league…not now, not ever, not even close…sorry. Dell’s stock price is in the latrine, they can’t make the direct model work worth a damn anywhere but the US. And yea, they’re dominant number 1 in the PC space in the States, but sadly this is precisely where profits are lowest globally right now. Dell is not a strong global player, and it’s hurting them. Badly. This company has never thought outside the box. It’s not part of their strategy. What’s won for Dell is mainstream, me-too boxes at competitive prices. This is their strength, and it shows with the junk they put out when they decide to deviate from that strength. Believe me, at Dell, innovation has never been part of the equation. - nickhodge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Don't think this will work. Pretty well all software EULAs do not permit leasing/renting etc.
- drakethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Actually there are companies that will lease computers and software but because the idea hasn't caught on a whole lot, nobody has heard of them for the most part.
- crackhammer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Hmmm - perhaps you can just follow the kids home from your friends/kids school and then stalk him celebrity style... I'm sure he'll talk to you once you're in his bedroom sitting on his lap licking his face.
- dj4site, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The problem (for industry) is that for every 100 crackpot ideas there may actually be a genuine advance lurking in there somewhere. Take the following conversation-
Inventor- Hi, I have this great idea for a vacum cleaner that doesn't have a bag...
Manufacturer- What? No bag? Sorry but thats a crazy idea, who would want that?
That was Mr Dyson talking to just about every established vacum cleaner manufacturer in the world, before setting up his own factory and nearly putting them out of business!
Truth be told, it doesn't matter how good an idea is if the people evaluating it are stupid and lack imagination. - macfanboi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6$100 he has a really lame idea.
- uber, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Let me guess ... it's a Segway!
- falcon707, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12What's the idea!?!
(Agh! I read the whole thing with the hopes of finding out...) - danieldantastic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If you have an idea, take it to a company that implements ideas. Dell isn't an idea company, they just make decent stock PC's and second rate accessories. The fact that you look up to Dell makes you look like a dumb-ass. At least you're trying though, good luck.
- Seidoger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5With that website, Dell could take your idea and not tell you.
Although the leasing thing already exists -- mostly with PC games though. - geekdreams, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I agree 100%.
Also, there's a reason the DJ Ditty and the Axim are "now defunct" -- no one should be trying to bring them back. - bostonyankee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Is nobody else suspicious that this is just Dell marketing?
- tehsexy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5do you have a plan for securing your idea when, and if, you reveal your idea to mr. dell ? i'm inferring that you have not actually implemented and patented your idea, so how do you plan to keep YOUR idea from becoming HIS idea once you reveal it to him?
- btipling, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6What the hell does Dell have to do with how disparate software companies implement their distribution systems and business plans? You're not starting off on a good foot my friend. Dell is about building computers as fast and as inexpensive as possible, not much else. Also your website is ugly. (I'm really not a hater).
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