I mean, you don't get a chance to buy a company like Gateway, you know, at or near book value very often.
I love Gateway, and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure the company can grow and prosper in this challenging environment.
For any business that has an indirect model to move into the direct business is very difficult and very challenging.
We've got tremendous equity in cow spots and in the name Gateway, so this isn't anything radical, but you'll see us getting more sophisticated in our marketing efforts.
We started putting '2000' at the end of our name. That was in 1985, and 2000 seemed very futuristic.
PCs will go the cell-phone subsidy route.
There's a large risk to our society if a group of people doesn't have access to technology or even the desire to get on the Net and see what opportunities are out there. Technology can be a great equalizer.
I didn't have the patience to wait to take a degree before starting work, because I wanted to run my own business.
Our biggest risk is ourselves.
I don't want a mercenary management team.
We don't consider ourselves a PC company.
Customers don't care about rivalries between corporations, they care about getting the best value for their money.
