Martin Reynolds Quotations

The first thing we would see is the applications popping up on things like Solaris and Linux, which would bring them more strongly into play and potentially clear the way for other manufacturers to build Linux processors, ... But they still wouldn't have the benefit of all the legacy software, so I don't see that this is suddenly going to cause the whole Windows thing to fall over flat on its face.

It is impossible to stop the market gain of the x86.

There will be significant new demands on application developers and enterprise I.T. buyers. Architectural shifts could bring fast growth in processor cores, especially for server devices.

Obviously, US Robotics is a shadow of what it used to be when it dominated the modem business.

I don't think there can be another one. Microsoft is sort of a fluke.

It could very well be a negotiating ploy.

The market is too competitive for a business that's not operating at peak efficiency.

Pretty much everything shipped over the last few years will be able to run Vista, and the stuff shipping now will be running it at the top level. Microsoft does a good job of preparing everybody.

If you believe your business cannot run without RIM, start looking at deploying other technologies and set up a small pilot.

When a company basically admits it was caught and settles in a big, public way, it really changes the landscape in terms of competition. It also puts other companies on notice that the government has the ability to find out about what are supposed to be back-room dealings.