Michael Dell Isn’t Trying to Pull a Fast One

March 4 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Dell roiled Wall Street andthe technology industry by announcing last month that he and theprivate-equity firm Silver Lake Partners would be taking hiseponymous home-computer maker private. The deal raised manyquestions -- most important, whether Dell, by far the largestshareholder, and Silver Lake were paying Dell’s fellowshareholders a fair price for their stock -- yet I’ve readlittle in the business press that tackled them satisfactorily.

So I was pleased to open my New York Times last week to seethat Gretchen Morgenson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning financialcolumnist, was delving into the Dell Inc. deal. Thanks to herlong tenure, sharp insights and willingness to speak truth topower, she is arguably the most respected financial writeraround.