Van Baker Quotes (26 Quotes)

I fully expect to see more directed at the living room cabinet.

This is just people hedging their bets, ... They don't want to sour the business relationship if the other side wins. It all reinforces the idea that there will be a format war, and with a format war, nobody wins.

To the degree this is perceived by consumers as a format war, everyone's going to vote by leaving their wallet in their pocket. If any of these guys are expecting to go mainstream, they're going to have to come to agreement, or else someone has to win.

That's the safe choice, because that's what you already know and that's what you've got,

The media market it fragmenting like crazy right now,

Consumers who were thinking about Macs but hesitated don't have to worry anymore about not being able to run PC software that didn't run on a Mac.

Voice recognition is like handwriting recognition in that it's another technology that's always just around the corner. When you speak, it makes a difference if you are tired or energized, if consuming alcohol or not, if upset or feeling good. Your voice changes dramatically under those situations, and that makes it a challenge.

The Mini is small enough that people will consider adding it to their living room consoles. The transition of bringing the computer into the living room won't happen overnight, but this is a good first step.

There's a whole lot of reasons why people choose Windows or a Mac. It's not as if one getting delayed slightly is suddenly going to cause you to switch platforms.

The notion of a particular screen being tied to a particular kind of content is breaking down, ... It's what kind of screen is available to me right now, and that's what I'll use.

This is the first true Internet appliance that will come into the consumer space.

The appeal is the portability, the time shifting aspect and the added capability to listen to both the Sirius content and their MP3 collections,

In many ways, I do view portable media players as a technology in search of a market. If I'm carrying music with me, chances are I want to carry something that's a little smaller than a personal music player.

That's a disappointment for them but not altogether a surprise.

Aside from the competition, the company's first challenge will be to teach consumers how to use the service. Many consumers are uncomfortable trying to figure out how to print envelopes on their printers, ... And the alternative of printing the postage on the letter itself requires a window envelope, which most consumers are not using.

Right now, it's no more than a couple of ideas in his head that still have to be turned into games.

Ultimately, for them to sustain their growth and be successful in the long term, they're going to have to move in new directions and tackle some new product lines that they don't have and haven't historically done. That's going to take significant investment.

We've got a format war on our hands, and the longer it goes on, the more likely physical media becomes irrelevant.

Cisco wants people in the entertainment and computing industry to understand that they are the way to get something from point A to point B over the Internet.

It seems like a computer that could finally go into the living room.

I think this is going to be a loss for Apple.

I think Stamps.com is well positioned versus their competitors. They approached this from the point of view that hardware is a bad thing when it comes to postage, and I think this is the correct assessment. The small business buyer and the consumer do not want to have to manage a postage meter, even if it is a dongle on the PC.

The company has changed almost completely. With Steve Jobs back at the helm and the links to Hollywood, they're going to be the company to watch in the digital entertainment space for at least a few years to come.

We don't see any reason that this will slow down anytime soon. The transition of entertainment from analog to digital, of time-shifting and place-shifting, is just getting under way.

Steve is the one thing no other company can duplicate. He's the special sauce at Apple.

They just changed the rules of the game completely. Rival players are going to look big and clunky by comparison.