CE 3.5

1. Tell me three things you learned about Dell the company

1. It was a 25 million dollar deal

2. It has been public for 25 years

3. Dell has around 14,000 employes in the area

2. Why did Michael Dell choose to buy his company back and make it private?

He wants to build and expand his company without other people second- guessing every thing he does.

3. What does Michael Dell think about "cloud-based" IT?

He wants to make it easier and make it the way people want it.

4. Who is Dell (the company) new market to sell their products, according to the story?

Big companies are buying their products. Dell provides them with infrastructure, cloud services, security, software, systems management, financing, help them implement a new system, and it provides dell with good publicity.

5. What does Michael Dell think is the future of computer use?

He talked about virtual clients and how popular tablets are becoming.

A. What local district attorney will be allowed to keep her job despite getting a recent DWI?

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg

B. Who is Time Magazines person of the year?

Our most recent pope, Pope Francis

C. Who is the front runner to replace Mack Brown as the coach of the UT Longhorn football team?

D. Who is Joel Sidelnik and what is his claim to fame?

He has a store of rustic furniture that he made from old furniture.

E. What famous person passed away this week in South Africa?

Nelson Mandela

1.) Please go to page A13 and look at the political cartoon on the bottom portion of the page. Although we have yet to discuss political cartoons and how to interpret them I would like you to do your best on this one, later we will talk about these. So what do you think the message of this cartoon is and tell me why you interpreted this way?

I don't exactly get this cartoon. I wold guess it was about Obama's second term. The ornament is broken because all the criticism about Obamacare and how he will likely not be re-elected.