Richard Williams Quotes (61 Quotes)

If Oracle continues to fight, this stops being an economic decision for the company and looks more and more like an emotional decision.

I went and cashed in all my pennies to come here. It's cheap entertainment. We spent, what, maybe 40 tonight Cheaper than going to the movies.

If unearned revenue keeps sliding, it suggests the growth story for Microsoft has gotten long in the tooth and that would raise more worries about the valuation.

This year, our line is not as big. We don't have as many players at the skill positions and we're not as deep as last year or the year before.

Normally, big viruses are good news for the anti-virus companies. The scarier, the better, since that's what motivates people to buy patches in the first place.

We see cannibalism as the only way to survive right now for the big players. There are a lot of software companies out there that can't grow.

This news is more than anything a warning shot to the rest of software that everybody is going to be involved in a feeding frenzy. You are going to see a lot of smaller players go away.

This is a shockwave. Bulls are going to have to sit back and ask if they have baked in too much good news,

Crouch has the stature to lead the line, his very existence sets an unusual problem for defenders, and the combination of his spidery limbs, surprisingly delicate control and patient approach allow him to hold the ball up quite effectively

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.

These software stocks are all overvalued on the fundamentals that we see today.

The bet that computer vendors are making as they build up inventory is that fourth quarter sales will see a big surge. If we don't get that it will be trouble for software, ... Everything comes down to the fourth quarter.

This program is a blessing. If I didn't have this program, I would probably be dead by now. When I got here, I was slowly dying. They provided me with a doctor, and everything turned around.

We're blessed with a little bit of speed. The skill people, if they find a crack, they can take it to the house.

For a variety of reasons, we believe that's unlikely,

The biggest risk for IBM is not the restatement of revenues and growth, it's more the potential for a crisis of confidence.

The growth rate is not very impressive, ... Why pay such an exorbitant multiple on earnings

It's not just that communication goes more smoothly with technology, ... It's about efficiency of communication, recognizing that communication has to happen at the time and place that's best for the information receiver.

The average retail investor can't be as nimble as institutions. If you buy right now, you might be sitting on a loss for months.

All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win.

We're from the ghetto. Venus is a ghetto Cinderella. People from the ghetto don't get nervous.

It's a big challenge for new management to have to come in and handle the crisis. They now have 28 days to certify all the data. It's not clear they can get everything done that they have to get done.

This is traditionally a weak quarter but software right now has just flat-lined. Expectations are pretty low.

Also, they're halfway through their quarter. In the software business, usually the last month represents 70 to 80 percent of their business and the last week it's sometimes 50 percent of that. So, six weeks in, unless you're having a total disaster, it's unlikely that this is the issue.

There will be a period of indigestion but it wouldn't surprise me to see Oracle back in late 2005 buying somebody else.

It's not an elegant solution and it's not even clear if it's a viable solution.

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These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such stupid remarks.

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 offens

For many companies we're not talking about a lot of organic growth. If currency strengthens, as I expect it will, it brings into question whether companies can make their second-quarter numbers.

At best it will be another year of sluggish growth for Microsoft,

On the whole this is modestly positive news.

The reality is that an Oracle deal would cost PeopleSoft customers. They have a vested interest in keeping PeopleSoft independent,

I know that our decision was not based on athletics.

Where the heck is the good news. So far, there have not been concrete signs of a recovery.

Novell and Red Hat are very expensive stocks, even with their strong growth.

This strikes me as a trial balloon, ... Management may be getting tired of the harping on the dividend so if they give investors a quarter of the cash to shut people up, then the company can get back to business.

I don't think she'll Venus Williams be around for a very long time. I doubt it will be a long career for her. She can make a lot more money out of (tennis) rather than in tennis.

With Microsoft taking the bottom out of the market's pricing structure, we are going to see that business slow down even more precipitously.

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.

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

Pricing pressures are definitely an issue for software companies. This strikes me as a clear sign that things are still not getting better,

All of a sudden we're getting really material misses that are coming right in the middle of regular earnings. It catches you completely off-guard.

Lawyers involved in NTP and other patent cases think a deal will come before year-end, or even pre-Christmas, and be valued between 750 million and 1.25 billion. The stock could rally sharply on a deal.

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.

My father was a doctor and I was born in our home, where he had his practice,

Serena's not in good condition - she is in worse condition than me Wimbledon 2005

I'm meant to do something good here. You watch.

I really don't have a reason. I've told everyone that I support and respect those who did. That's a very personal choice and there is no right or wrong. I just did not feel, for me, that was something that I needed to do.

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.