back to article Dell to offload Perot Systems for $5bn: report

For sale, Perot Systems, just two careful owners - a bargain at $5bn. All reasonable offers accepted. Dell nearly sold its IT services business Perot Systems to Tata Consultancy Services but talks collapsed over the price. The company quietly put Perot on the block for more than $5bn three months ago and has hawked the firm to …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Buy-back?

    It would be cool if Ross Perot in partnership with The Donald bought it back.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Buy-back?

      That's more than a little terrifying, but they are surprisingly similar. Both are billionaires, both have previously attempted to advance ridiculous conspiracy theories, and both want to stop Mexicans at the border (though Perot has a bit more foreign policy experience from his days with EDS).

  2. a_yank_lurker

    IRS Lurking

    Ah the most criminal of the feral TLAs is in the background. Dell better tread very carefully to avoid a nasty for the ferals.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Let me guess...

    Dell is using the Marissa Mayer playbook for tax avoidance. Let me know how well this is going to work.

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