The PC and server maker still has a bright future. Dell Technologies (DELL 2.44%), one of the world's largest producers of PCs and servers, went public in 1988. Its business initially flourished as the desktop and laptop markets grew, but it ran out of steam after the dot-com crash. From 2000 to 2013, Dell's PC sales slowed, it "di-worsified" its business with expensive acquisitions, and missed the shift toward mobile devices. In late 2013, Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners took the company private for ...