Ted Waitt

We spend as much time looking at companies that are smaller than we are as we do at those that are bigger.

— Ted Waitt

I mean, you don't get a chance to buy a company like Gateway, you know, at or near book value very often.

— Ted Waitt

In 1992, we did $1.1 billion in revenues. In the first nine months of 1993, we did just under $1.2 billion.

— Ted Waitt

Sometimes people have a hard time believing that a company is intentionally trying to make itself smaller.

— Ted Waitt

We have to have a successful box business if we are going to go beyond the box.

— Ted Waitt

I don't see anybody pointing to desktop PCs as being a hot Christmas item.

— Ted Waitt

Who is my biggest competitor? AOL, Microsoft, and AT&TAtHome.

— Ted Waitt

You can get business with price, but you have to have service to keep it.

— Ted Waitt

When you fall short of your internal forecast, two things happen: Costs go up as a percentage of sales, and margins go…

— Ted Waitt

Technology for technology's sake is not innovation. What we in the industry have to be concerned about is what products do, as…

— Ted Waitt

People are looking for more than a faster and faster PC. It has to do what they want. Will it fill some…

— Ted Waitt

I was fascinated to see that if you knew what you were doing, you could sell a $3,000 computer system over the phone.

— Ted Waitt

The Internet is the number one reason people buy PCs, and the number one use of PCs is on the Internet from…

— Ted Waitt

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…

— Ted Waitt

You have to have great products out at the right time. It's difficult to go with one foot on the gas and…

— Ted Waitt

When I look back through the 1980s and 1990s, those were some of the funniest experiences I had and, sometimes, some of…

— Ted Waitt

Anything that helps consumers get more for their money is fine by us.

— Ted Waitt

I'd be lying to you if I said I had not done some soul searching.

— Ted Waitt

Companies that are closest to the customers are the ones who are going to lead the industry.

— Ted Waitt

We hope to be a leader in the convergence of consumer electronics and communications.

— Ted Waitt

If all we wanted to do was to make money on PC hardware, that wouldn't be a good business model.

— Ted Waitt

Customers don't care about rivalries between corporations, they care about getting the best value for their money.

— Ted Waitt

The biggest challenge is adding the bureaucracy it takes to run the company without becoming fat, lazy, inflexible - bureaucratic.

— Ted Waitt

I love Gateway, and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure the company can grow and prosper in…

— Ted Waitt

It's not a matter of being first, it's being there at the right time, being first in volume to market, and knowing…

— Ted Waitt

We think the right categorization for digital devices is something you hold in your hand, a mobile-type product, and something you sit…

— Ted Waitt

Let's face it, politics in this country is coin-operated. Does that really equate to a real democracy? It's very difficult to say.

— Ted Waitt

The entertainment industry always chooses to fight things out through the courts and legislation. Technology people always think there's a business solution.

— Ted Waitt

Intel's a great company, and Microsoft is a great company. Everybody seems to do a lot better when there is competition.

— Ted Waitt

So many people got caught up in the excitement and the promise of the Internet that they kind of lost sight of…

— Ted Waitt

The complexity increases exponentially when you try and combine two companies that both need to be restructured in their own right.

— Ted Waitt

There's a large risk to our society if a group of people doesn't have access to technology or even the desire to…

— Ted Waitt