RPT-Michael Dell plays 'free agent' as forces bear on PC maker
March 26, 2013 at 06:59 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, March 25 (Reuters) - Michael Dell likely couldn't have known when he proposed taking his company private last year that he would trigger a three-way contest between two private equity giants and one of Wall Street's most aggressive activist investors. The outcome of that battle now hinges on the billionaire Texan.