The PC is going to become one key product in an ever-expanding array of products. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
We never put any limitations on what Gateway could be. We had big dreams, big goals. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
From our perspective, there's been a price war in the PC industry since we opened for business in 1985. — Ted Waitt Business Copy Share Image
We want a Gateway to be the last computer our clients will ever buy. — Ted Waitt Computer Copy Share Image
If any PC manufacturer has made money selling PCs retail in the last 10 years, I'd like to know who they are. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
We were unknown before, and that was an advantage. Nobody knew who we were, so we snuck up on the competition. — Ted Waitt Advantage 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 Copy Share Image
People are looking for more than a faster and faster PC. It has to do what they want. Will it fill some… — Ted Waitt People Copy Share Image
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 Industry 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
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
We compete with Dell and HP. Now, we are going to compete with Sony and Best Buy. Are we going to be… — Ted Waitt 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 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 Copy Share Image
When Mike Hammond and I started Gateway 12 years ago on my father's cattle farm, we knew it could be big. We… — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
For a while there, companies were pushing technology on people and people were buying it. Now the consumer is really in the… — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
I've used soap dishes as ashtrays in the best hotels in the world. — Ted Waitt Ashtrays Copy Share Image
Technology people have as much interest in protecting patents as the entertainment industry. — Ted Waitt Entertainment Copy Share Image
Being a smaller, nimbler company is better for our customers, employees and shareholders. — Ted Waitt Being Copy Share Image
We like being an independent company. We do not need to merge or do anything different. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
You don't know the impact of Windows XP. You don't know what the economic impact is going to be. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
Corporations want stable, reliable, and easy-to-maintain systems. — Ted Waitt Corporations Copy Share Image
The PC is an important part of our business and will continue to be for a long, long time. — Ted Waitt Business Copy Share Image
You can get business with price, but you have to have service to keep it. — Ted Waitt Business Copy Share Image
I don't see anybody pointing to desktop PCs as being a hot Christmas item. — Ted Waitt Being Copy Share Image
We have to have a successful box business if we are going to go beyond the box. — Ted Waitt Copy Share Image
We hope to be a leader in the convergence of consumer electronics and communications. — Ted Waitt Communication Copy Share Image
