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From: unidon84 on 27 Mar 2008 00:43
Heard there was a big layoff today in Austin (4th layoff in 12 mos?).
Does it look like they're going under?
From: Mickey Segal on 27 Mar 2008 10:15
According to
http://www.gottabemobile.com/Motion+Computing+Laying+Off+15+20+Of+Work+Force.aspx
"Motion is still experiencing 30% growth year to year" but they "are not
hitting previously set milestones which were used to justify personnel
hires, so they are having to bring expenses in line with current revenue."

That sounds more like a blip than an abyss, but it would have been nice to
see growth at the robust end of the predictions. Since Motion is a
slate-only company, their fortunes may be explained to some degree by the
reception of slates in the marketplace.

If one defines slates broadly and includes the iPhone as a slate one would
say that the key to strong sales for a slate is to have it small and include
a telephone. The iPhone is nice, but a computer midway in size between a
Motion LS800 and an iPhone that included not only a phone but also was a
device you could dock and use as your main computer would be very popular.
I don't know if the technology is quite there yet, but it is a natural sweet
spot and I don't know whether it will be reached by iPhones moving up, or
full Windows computers moving down in size.

<unidon84(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Heard there was a big layoff today in Austin (4th layoff in 12 mos?).
> Does it look like they're going under?

From: gibson on 27 Mar 2008 19:39
Big layoffs every few months can only mean cash flow problems, line-of-
credit issues, anemic sales growth, or customer dissatisfaction. Most
likely the revenue stream isn't there, contrary to the PR.
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