Carl Icahn has abandoned his bid for Dell as it was now ‘impossible to win. We therefore congratulate Michael Dell and I intend to call him to wish him good luck (he may need it)”.
So the vote on Thursday is now a rather done deal. Just hope SilverLake don’t come to regret the ‘win’. It will be a hard struggle to reverse the fortunes at Dell. Take note of the difficulties at Blackberry, Nokia, HP…even Microsoft. Still, at least it will be all out of the public gaze.