Goal Quote by Eckhard Pfeiffer

We are reinventing ourselves as a company. Compaq is taking ownership of its customer relationships and accountability of our customer's needs.

— Eckhard Pfeiffer

“For purposes of examining the software market itself, it will be helpful to sort kinds of software by how completely the service they offer…

— Eric S. Raymond

A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted

— Carly Fiorina

The roots of apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations. The world doesn't need another dell or compaq.

— Steve Jobs

“In a future that includes competition from open source, we can expect that the eventual destiny of any software technology will be to either…

— Eric S. Raymond

The industry must adhere to certain consumer protection norms if the Internet is to remain an open platform for innovation.

— Michael K. Powell

“Compaqs, Dells and Novells each of which emerged from practically nothing to become major corporations. What's the common among these companies is that they…

— Andrew S. Grove

It is when the product is not good enough that proprietary integration gives you a competitive edge. You cannot outsource and be competitively successful…

— Clayton Christensen

The world doesn't need another Dell or Compaq.

— Steve Jobs

Since we're talking about open worlds, let's state upfront that we don't plan to have an open world in the same way other companies…

— Eiji Aonuma

We're going from a world of customized software to standardized platforms.

— Aaron Levie

The most important thing was the creation of a... a standard, where hundreds of companies build hardware that can all run the same software.

— Bill Gates