>Interesting development for sure...
>http://www.extremetech.com/computing/147646-dell-sold-to-microsoft-silver-lake-for-24-billion-what-it-means-for-the-pc

That seems a bit misleading.

According to this one : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21342632 Michael Dell is buying it back for $24bn; Microsoft are chipping in a $2bn loan