Gumbel reports, “At the official opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Putin, now Russian Prime Minister, delivered a 40-minute speech… Then it was time for questions. First up: Dell. He praised Russia’s technical and scientific prowess, and then asked: ‘How can we help’ you to expand IT in Russia.”
“Putin’s withering reply to Dell: ‘We don’t need help. We are not invalids. We don’t have limited mental capacity.’ The slapdown took many of the people in the audience by surprise,” Gumbel reports. “Putin then went on to outline some of the steps the Russian government has taken to wire up the country, including remote villages in Siberia. And, in a final dig at Dell, he talked about how Russian scientists were rightly respected not for their hardware, but for their software. The implication: Any old fool can build a PC outfit.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: That was Fortune’s report, now watch it for yourself:
Putin answers questions at Davos:
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Sunlokyee,” “Fred Mertz,” and “Joey” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Like many countries today, including and especially Brazil, it sounds like Russia’s also averse to pubes.
Putin should have told Dell, “You want to help? Shut it down and give the money to me.”
