Charles Wolf Quotes (18 Quotes)

McNealy has wasted so much energy on bashing Microsoft, ... It's been a distraction.

It's his heart and soul, it's kicking ass all over the world and becoming a huge brand. He would be really reluctant to leave it now.

With sales now, it's not a signal that tech companies are about to fall apart. Executives want to diversify away from having their money being tied up in one asset.

Gateway is embarking on the most dramatic renovation of its business model in the company's history,

This thing scared me at first. It scared me because you are confronting almost like a ghost, ... Some people will not like this because it brings up too much pain. And some people will like it because it flushes pain.

At the end of his Macworld keynote address in January, Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, noted that the company will celebrate its 30th birthday on April 1, 2006. While it's possible that Jobs' was simply pointing out the longevity of Apple, we interpret it as a signal that Apple will hold a major birthday party in the form of new product event around that date, most likely in early April.

Introducing cheaper versions of servers running Linux or Windows is OK as long as Sun increases overall revenue generation. But if all it does is motivate customers to substitute the low-end products for higher-margin Solaris, they're screwed.

You are starting out with a market share of 2 or 3 percent and maybe going to a market share of 6 or 7. Apple is not going to take over the world.

Once the transition is complete by the first quarter of fiscal 2007, we believe Mac shipments have the potential to surge on the strength of the Mac's newfound ability to run Windows applications alongside Mac applications.

One has to understand the reality of why the fund was set up. It was not an act of compassion. It was an act of legal necessity because they curtailed our right to sue the airlines.

This was really dumb. They are paying that kind of money for a company with no real profits and one product. I'm stunned.

We are very, very concerned about revisionist history. While we that lived through it are there, we want this thing nailed down in the next five years.

an honest, straightforward man.

It's a wonderful way to bring an honest part of Britain to the U.S., and it's a way to help me remember Katherine, because I don't have a grave for her.

If Windows (software) can run right away on Macs, that removes the major barrier to switching. I've been asking consumers what they think of this, and I'm getting numbers that are almost too good to be true. That's how enthusiastic people are about this.

There is a certain insanity out there where everything is so focused on quarterly results that people miss the big picture, which is this company continues to do extremely well.

The earnings number may not mean much in this particular report,

They're growing at three to four times the personal computer market,