In a dinner conversation, CEO addresses a number of other topics, including the impending public launch of Microsoft’s Windows 7 ( You’ll love your PC again! ), the 2007 EqualLogic acquisition ( This company had about 3,300 customers when we acquired it; we’ve added 10,000 new customers ), and the increasing dominance of the server in the data center.
– SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Dell CEO and founder Michael Dell told a
reporter Oct. 13 that his company plans to market an Android smartphone
in the United States sometime early next year.

Dell made his revelation in a separate conversation after finishing a
75-minute appearance with the Wall Street…