Martin Reynolds Quotes (31 Quotes)

The first thing we would see is the applications popping up on things like Solaris and Linux, which would bring them more strongly into play and potentially clear the way for other manufacturers to build Linux processors, ... But they still wouldn't have the benefit of all the legacy software, so I don't see that this is suddenly going to cause the whole Windows thing to fall over flat on its face.

Let's say the judge finds that Microsoft is a monopoly and says, OK, I'm going to get my Sword of Solomon out and then we'll have 'Microsoft Applications' and 'Microsoft Operating Systems,' ... The applications division would then pursue other operating systems than Windows to put its applications onto, and the operating systems division would pursue ways to be more competitive without having to tie it to the applications.

In the long term, we're going to need media players on our PCs. It's going to be part of the standard digital content. And this just makes it a fraction harder for it all to be Microsoft.

If any computer maker benefits from Microsoft's woes, it will probably be Apple.

This is going to keep us rolling for several more years before they have to do something different.

We think within three years, 60 percent of all desktop computers shipped will be these small form-factor devices. And that could happen even sooner.

A single-provider solution may be acceptable today, but enterprises must make long-term plans to guard against possible loss of service. If BlackBerry users do not have confidence in the level of redundancy RIM offers, they may need to consider alternative providers.

AMT is clever. The real key is remote management. It integrates into the platform. A microcontroller allows an administrator to wake the system up, even when it's lights out.

Tiffany would really like to restrict secondary sales of its products, as this would then force people to buy exclusively from Tiffany. The net effect would be to increase Tiffany's sales.

A monopoly is good for shareholders. You get a higher return on your investment than you should have.

Obviously, US Robotics is a shadow of what it used to be when it dominated the modem business.

They are well on the path to delivering. Delivery of multiple cores, in a way, is easy because it's just extra copies of the existing processor.

When a company basically admits it was caught and settles in a big, public way, it really changes the landscape in terms of competition. It also puts other companies on notice that the government has the ability to find out about what are supposed to be back-room dealings.

If you believe your business cannot run without RIM, start looking at deploying other technologies and set up a small pilot.

There will be significant new demands on application developers and enterprise I.T. buyers. Architectural shifts could bring fast growth in processor cores, especially for server devices.

The one thing they have to be careful of is not driving clicks to advertising sites just to build revenues. They have to be legitimate clicks.

Long term, the big question is whether Intel and HP can drive the Itanium into the high-volume market. If anything is going to replace the x86 processor, it is going to be the Itanium, but that is not going to happen for the next 10 to 20 years.

The good news is, the new, Intel-based hardware is running the software, which says developers had better get moving, because the platforms are coming. Things are looking fairly positive. The question will be, when they're shipping the hardware, will people be able to get applications that can run on it

Ultimately, all these decisions are about money, ... If you're running a business, you've got to have income, and the income has got to cover expenses. And if you want to keep your position as CEO, you'd better satisfy the stockholders.

There are some little bits falling off the edge, small things, that may ultimately have an influence on the industry.

It is impossible to stop the market gain of the x86.

It's really the next step in the evolution of desktop management systems. Today, management systems rely on the integrity of the operating system that they're trying to manage, and most of the time the reason you want to manage something is because the operating system is broken. Intel is breaking that link with these new systems.

Everyone but the people involved with HP-Compaq seem to win, doesn't it

In places where this processor works well, it's going to provide a big advantage over everybody else,

When the market is going strong, meeting demand is often an issue, even for the biggest chip makers.

The company built their name around modems, but the days of modems are long past,

Pretty much everything shipped over the last few years will be able to run Vista, and the stuff shipping now will be running it at the top level. Microsoft does a good job of preparing everybody.

Right now, e-commerce is a little stripling. But if you could pick up a small part of every transaction a company would be doing well.

The market is too competitive for a business that's not operating at peak efficiency.

With a 60 percent profit margin, even after spending 10 billion on promotion and development, the participants still stand to make an 8 billion profit.

We believe that this creates a unique marketing opportunity for the Eastern Cape, which is already seen as a prime tourism destination for well-known celebrities.