HSN's business is nothing like DWS's. They both do "stuff" with...

HSN's business is nothing like DWS's. They both do "stuff" with computers but thats where the similarities end.

HSN's revenues are primarily generated from stable recurring monthly fees from the provision of long term services to a very sticky client base. They actually have product/IP. Their revenues are by in large not cyclical.

DWS lives hand to mouth doing contracting/consulting work that ebs and flows on the whim of govt/big business IT spending.

I know which business I'd rather own (and I've owned both over the years).