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“If all we wanted to do was to make money on PC hardware, that wouldn't be a good business model.”
“We started putting '2000' at the end of our name. That was in 1985, and 2000 seemed very futuristic.”
“We don't consider ourselves a PC company.”
“People are looking for more than a faster and faster PC. It has to do what they want. Will it fill some void, add some value, deliver something that they can't do previously at a price that people are willing to pay for?”
“If you buy a CD and want to put your favorite songs on one CD, you should be able to do that.”
“Intel's a great company, and Microsoft is a great company. Everybody seems to do a lot better when there is competition.”
“The first thing I got was a jet. And it's the last thing I'd get rid of if I go bankrupt.”
“The PC is going to become one key product in an ever-expanding array of products.”
“You can get business with price, but you have to have service to keep it.”
“For any business that has an indirect model to move into the direct business is very difficult and very challenging.”
“Technology people have as much interest in protecting patents as the entertainment industry.”
“I'll end up living where I feel is the best place to raise my kids.”
“The PC business is not about price, it's about value, or what you can give the customer for his or her money.”
“I don't subscribe to the idea that everything moves to the network. Theoretically it's possible that everybody will use little hand-held devices to access the Internet, but I expect more of a hybrid environment.”
“Corporations want stable, reliable, and easy-to-maintain systems.”
“In 1992, we did $1.1 billion in revenues. In the first nine months of 1993, we did just under $1.2 billion.”
“The PC is an important part of our business and will continue to be for a long, long time.”
“PCs will go the cell-phone subsidy route.”
“We've got tremendous equity in cow spots and in the name Gateway, so this isn't anything radical, but you'll see us getting more sophisticated in our marketing efforts.”
“If any PC manufacturer has made money selling PCs retail in the last 10 years, I'd like to know who they are.”