You don't know the impact of Windows XP. You don't know what the economic impact is going to be. — Ted Waitt Economic Copy Share Image
Corporations want stable, reliable, and easy-to-maintain systems. — Ted Waitt Corporations Copy Share Image
I've used soap dishes as ashtrays in the best hotels in the world. — Ted Waitt Ashtrays Copy Share Image
We like being an independent company. We do not need to merge or do anything different. — Ted Waitt Anything Copy Share Image
Being a smaller, nimbler company is better for our customers, employees and shareholders. — Ted Waitt Being Copy Share Image
You know, growing up in the cattle business, I know a lot about cattle. — Ted Waitt About Copy Share Image
But - there's no point in aiming to be Number Two. You've got to have a plan-to-win attitude. — Ted Waitt Attitude Copy Share Image
We never put any limitations on what Gateway could be. We had big dreams, big goals. — Ted Waitt Big Copy Share Image
I didn't have the patience to wait to take a degree before starting work, because I wanted to run my own business. — Ted Waitt Business Copy Share Image
We compete with Dell and HP. Now, we are going to compete with Sony and Best Buy. Are we going to be… — Ted Waitt Best Copy Share Image
I don't subscribe to the idea that everything moves to the network. Theoretically it's possible that everybody will use little hand-held devices… — Ted Waitt Everything Copy Share Image
For any business that has an indirect model to move into the direct business is very difficult and very challenging. — Ted Waitt Any Copy Share Image
The Internet is the number one reason people buy PCs, and the number one use of PCs is on the Internet from… — Ted Waitt Customer Copy Share Image
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 Computer Copy Share Image
When you fall short of your internal forecast, two things happen: Costs go up as a percentage of sales, and margins go… — Ted Waitt Costs Copy Share Image
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 Feet Copy Share Image
We want a Gateway to be the last computer our clients will ever buy. — Ted Waitt Computer Copy Share Image
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 Billion Copy Share Image
We spend as much time looking at companies that are smaller than we are as we do at those that are bigger. — Ted Waitt Business Copy Share Image
If you buy a CD and want to put your favorite songs on one CD, you should be able to do that. — Ted Waitt Favorite Copy Share Image
We started putting '2000' at the end of our name. That was in 1985, and 2000 seemed very futuristic. — Ted Waitt End Copy Share Image
We hope to be a leader in the convergence of consumer electronics and communications. — Ted Waitt Communication Copy Share Image
If all we wanted to do was to make money on PC hardware, that wouldn't be a good business model. — Ted Waitt Business Copy Share Image
Anything that helps consumers get more for their money is fine by us. — Ted Waitt Anything Copy Share Image
We have to have a successful box business if we are going to go beyond the box. — Ted Waitt Beyond Copy Share Image
I don't see anybody pointing to desktop PCs as being a hot Christmas item. — Ted Waitt Being Copy Share Image
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 Investing Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge is adding the bureaucracy it takes to run the company without becoming fat, lazy, inflexible - bureaucratic. — Ted Waitt Becoming Copy Share Image
When I look back through the 1980s and 1990s, those were some of the funniest experiences I had and, sometimes, some of… — Ted Waitt 1980s Copy Share Image
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 Difficult Copy Share Image
The complexity increases exponentially when you try and combine two companies that both need to be restructured in their own right. — Ted Waitt Combine Copy Share Image
So many people got caught up in the excitement and the promise of the Internet that they kind of lost sight of… — Ted Waitt Excitement Copy Share Image
