Stardate 20010720.1234 (On Screen): It bothers me a bit to see so much coverage which exaggerates economic trends. (Too many reporters with idle hands, I guess, trying to sensationalize stories to get them printed.) High tech sales, including desk top computers, are down a bit from a year ago. This is indeed a problem. But any quarter in which over 30 million units are sold isn't exactly a "stall", as this article describes the situation. An overall world year-over-year decline of 2% is not exactly a catastrophe (except in an industry which had grown used to consistent 20% per year rises). It could be better but we could have had a
real decline of 50% or so.
That would be "stalling".
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