AfriendofDavid's told the Daily Star newspaper: "Hewantspieandmash, fish and chips and even chicken in a basket on themenu, justlikethemealsheeats when he's in the UK."
As a result, he says, companies like Samsung and Intel have pioneered chips that are more reliable and easier to produce--innovations that have trickled into enterprise-level storage.
Kaplan also thinks some of the biggest companies have been unfairly punished simply because they're big, and he is bullish on the prospects for blue-chips like General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ), IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ).