It's clear that a significant portion of market demand was at the very low end of the PC market in the fourth quarter, driven largely by aggressive pricing and promotions.
Ted Waitt
Source: Wikipedia
Things are what they are. Jeff decided to retire, and I love Gateway. The opportunity for us is good. Clearly we have some challenges ahead of us.
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Is the PC dead? I definitely don't think so. I think there's a lot of legs left in the PC. We're going to look at and continue to invest in information devices. I still own 100 million shares in this company, and I'm going to do everything in my power to insure this company's success.
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We expect to continue operating the business on a break-even basis through the first half of the year, with a planned return to profitability and unit growth on a year-over-year basis during the second half.
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We have to have a successful box business if we are going to go beyond the box.
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While our revenue performance in the quarter was negatively impacted by our own strategic decision to focus on more profitable revenue streams going forward, this is a strategy that should yield healthier shareholder returns both now and in the future.
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It's been a great ride
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We're continuing to see consistent demand across all segments now
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We plan to consistently execute this strategy through 2002 and exit the year as a robust, growing company with more than billion in cash and an intensely satisfied customer base.
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We've made a lot of progress in 2001 and now it's time to grow
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