Customers are voting with their dollars and their feet today, |
Dell is already a leader in online commerce, |
Don't be afraid or run away from technology, |
During the first half of fiscal 1998, demand remained solid. The top companies have been consolidating their market shares during this period, and Dell has emerged from this environment as a leader in market share growth. |
for the people, the infrastructure and, of course, the incentives played a role. |
Gateway experienced a rather strong year-over-year decline; our cost-structure advantage is quite significant; and our consumer business is not only quite profitable, but growing rapidly, ... Our advantage there appears to be expanding. |
I don't expect that the economy is going to come roaring back in one quarter. I think it's going to be a very gradual and gentle recovery. And the fact is, we don't have a way of predicting this with any certainty. |
I was surprised to see IBM's level of competition, ... That's something we haven't seen from them in a long time. |
I'm thrilled to be here. This operation will be the foundation of great success here. |
If we get half the performance in the next couple of years, I'll be happy, |
In the near term, this is not good news |
India produces over 200,000 engineers and we see that as an asset for our hardware and software activities. |
It also means their job is constantly changing because technology is changing and this is a customer-driven industry. So our employees need to be flexible and driven. They are going to always be in training. |
It's clearly a bad time for all companies. I don't have a crystal ball on the economy but investment in technology will continue. Some business just don't have any business trading. There's a sorting out process that needs to take place. |
It's customers that made Dell great in the first place, and if we're smart enough and quick enough to listen to customer needs, we'll succeed, |