Comments on: Any Press is Good Press: Tell that to Dell http://6ampacific.com/2006/08/19/any-press-is-good-press-tell-that-to-dell/ Basab Pradhan's weblog about business and life in a 'flat world'. 6 AM Pacific is the best time for a global conference call. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Raj http://6ampacific.com/2006/08/19/any-press-is-good-press-tell-that-to-dell/#comment-144 Raj Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:31:04 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=31#comment-144 Why talk about the hinterland of China, when right in the heart of India (Vidharbha, Karnataka and AP) farmers are committing suicide drinking pesticides! Why talk about the hinterland of China, when right in the heart of India (Vidharbha, Karnataka and AP) farmers are committing suicide drinking pesticides!

]]> By: JP http://6ampacific.com/2006/08/19/any-press-is-good-press-tell-that-to-dell/#comment-143 JP Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:24:46 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=31#comment-143 "Most commentators are commending Dell on taking charge of a potentially bad situation quickly and decisively." They did do a decent job of that, though I think it could have been more decisive. Certainly they did a much better job than Coke and Pepsi in their crisis situation. Funny thing about Dell though is that even with doing some things "right", they still are taking a big PR hit. Its Sony's batteries, yet you don't hear that discussed. Regardless, the issue was around for 2 years and we're just now having a recall? Check out this comment I found: "Predict the future. Play war games. Had Dell done so, they might have anticipated that their exploding batteries were an airline disaster story waiting to happen, even without the terrorist plot that ultimately magnified the story." - last comment taken from <a href="http://www.levick.com/resources/topics/articles/dell_battery_crisis.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.levick.com/resources/topics/articles/dell_battery_crisis.php</a> “Most commentators are commending Dell on taking charge of a potentially bad situation quickly and decisively.”

They did do a decent job of that, though I think it could have been more decisive. Certainly they did a much better job than Coke and Pepsi in their crisis situation.

Funny thing about Dell though is that even with doing some things “right”, they still are taking a big PR hit. Its Sony’s batteries, yet you don’t hear that discussed.

Regardless, the issue was around for 2 years and we’re just now having a recall? Check out this comment I found:

“Predict the future. Play war games. Had Dell done so, they might have anticipated that their exploding batteries were an airline disaster story waiting to happen, even without the terrorist plot that ultimately magnified the story.”

- last comment taken from http://www.levick.com/resources/topics/articles/dell_battery_crisis.php

]]> By: Sriram Srinivasan http://6ampacific.com/2006/08/19/any-press-is-good-press-tell-that-to-dell/#comment-142 Sriram Srinivasan Mon, 21 Aug 2006 03:18:05 +0000 http://sixampacific.com/?p=31#comment-142 Hi, With respect to pesticide issue I feel there should be standards for measuring the quality of everything we consume. Water, Oil, Vegetables, Fruits etc., In a country where even after 60 years of independence cannot provide clean drinking water to its citizens finding fault with coke and pepsi is just a joke. As you have written blogs have become main stream media and people nowadays belive what is written in a blog more than what's getting printed in the newspaper. - Sriram Hi,

With respect to pesticide issue I feel there should be standards for measuring the quality of everything we consume. Water, Oil, Vegetables, Fruits etc., In a country where even after 60 years of independence cannot provide clean drinking water to its citizens finding fault with coke and pepsi is just a joke. As you have written blogs have become main stream media and people nowadays belive what is written in a blog more than what’s getting printed in the newspaper.

- Sriram

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