Andy Neff Quotes (11 Quotes)

Dell is taking a more aggressive look at its expense structure, and I'm hearing that they are doing their employee reviews earlier than expected and that they are being tougher than they've been in the past on weeding out those who are underperforming.

Sun is a turnaround story and a turnaround story requires confidence in the management. Our concern is not that there is something sinister, just that we have less visibility with the new team and what their goals and objectives will be.

We understand it's an inconvenience. But it's much better that we found this out now.

There was a sense of urgency present that we had not seen in either company prior to the challenge by Walter Hewlett. The question at this point is Can they keep it up and deliver on expectations

It's going to take a couple weeks to get a decision but both sides will declare victory tomorrow.

There is complete overlap between the product lines (although Palm has a low-end line while Handspring does not) so there is no clear advantage for Palm of adding the product lines together,

The opposition by the Hewlett family came as a real surprise given Walter Hewlett's initial support,

Business near-term will get worse, forcing companies to combine to save money.

We still think that the deal will go to a vote regardless of the outcome from Packard Foundation.

While both companies, EMC and Sun, are leaders... a slowdown in corporate information-technology spending can impact both companies' financial performance -- gravity is bound to take over.

The earnings demonstrate how well they're executing, ... That's the key. In this environment you want companies that do well in a really tough, you know, crummy environment because it gives you confidence that when things turn, or when and if they turn, that they're well positioned.