The Register: Gateway to buy eMachines for $30m plus stock

The Register has an article about Gateway buying eMachines. Personally, I think this deal is going to be bad for both companies. eMachines is a fairly innovative manufacturer of low-cost computing devices, and Gateway is more and more a consumer electronics manufacturer. Gateway hasn't been really successful in the consumer PC space, and I think they are going to use eMachines to try to buoy their efforts there. I have a feeling, however, that the eMachines purchase is just going to drag the prices up for eMachines devices and stifle their creativity.