Ted Waitt
Ted Waitt
Theodore W. "Ted" Waittis an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Waitt is a co-founder of Gateway, Inc....
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Is the PC dead? I definitely don't think so. I think there's a lot of legs left in the PC. We're going to look at and continue to invest in information devices. I still own 100 million shares in this company, and I'm going to do everything in my power to insure this company's success.
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Things are what they are. Jeff decided to retire, and I love Gateway. The opportunity for us is good. Clearly we have some challenges ahead of us.
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Our consumer business has never been stronger, and now we're positioned to expand that success into the small and mid-sized business arena,
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This program is knocking down the barriers to entry for people who want to participate in the digital revolution. After a seasonally slow April and May, our marketing program kicked in, driving a dramatic increase in volume in June and creating good momentum for the second half of the year,
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The problem is no one has done a good job packing it, of integrating older PCs and newer appliances, ... We're going to see a lot of new things in the market as we move forward through 1999.
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clearly, we were looking to do better than that.
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By the time we get to the strategy area, (the board members) are exhausted. And we need serious strategic decisions right now.
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Gateway supports your right to enjoy digital music legally.
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Gateway has earned the number-one position in the consumer desktop market through innovative service offerings, and through affordable, personalized technology that grows with the user,
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Combining Gateway and ALR represents a tremendous opportunity. The new relationship gives Gateway immediate access to established server technology, a key component of the growth strategy for our enterprise line.
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It's clear that a significant portion of market demand was at the very low end of the PC market in the fourth quarter, driven largely by aggressive pricing and promotions.
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We plan to take aggressive steps to reorganize our company and be an industry leader as we've done at so many other points in our history,
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We plan to consistently execute this strategy through 2002 and exit the year as a robust, growing company with more than $1 billion in cash and an intensely satisfied customer base.
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For any business that has an indirect model to move into the direct business is very difficult and very challenging.