Richard Williams

Richard Williams
Animator who won a 1989 Academy Award for his work on the live action/animation hybrid film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." "The Thief and the Cobbler" became his unfinished masterpiece.
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth19 March 1933
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This appears to be about a clash of titanic egos and, at Oracle, there is only one ego that ultimately matters.
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The biggest risk for IBM is not the restatement of revenues and growth, it's more the potential for a crisis of confidence.
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As there'll be some rotation among some members, there's a need for some others to serve for a longer period.
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I'd like for her to be able to take the very first shot and put pressure on her opponent. I think she's attacking too much. I don't think you should do all that attacking. When you're attacking that much, no one can consistently hit the ball that hard, unless they're making a bunch of errors. So just attack the first ball.
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Microsoft has realized that PCs are not the center of the world. E-business or online services to enterprises could become the next big area of growth for the company.
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I would be a liar if I said my desire to get back into the ring had never waned,
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Microsoft has a long-term e-business goal that involves MSN. They've got to keep MSN alive and relevant enough within the marketplace until they have their e-business web channel ready.
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The fraud is ugly, the perpetrators are gone, and this is an embarrassment in a huge way. Now the issue is one of the new leadership -- can they keep everyone focused, can they keep the wheels on the wagon?
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There were so many situations where in the past our kids could have put their chins down, but the entire coaching staff did a super job, ... And our kids kept their heads up, and without a doubt the difference was the second half when we controlled the offensive and defensive lines of scrimmage.
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IBM still has to grow the top line. They have been cutting costs, but they have to do something more.
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People power saves PeopleSoft. Customer loyalty is such a powerful force and it was underestimated,
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Novell and Red Hat are very expensive stocks, even with their strong growth.
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This is traditionally a weak quarter but software right now has just flat-lined. Expectations are pretty low.
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It's premature to be able to gauge what's really happening with corporate demand. Long-term investors need to wait and get more data before making any decisions about these stocks.