Bill Watkins Quotations

We believe that it is important to honor the pioneers whose personal contributions made possible today's high-tech landscape. Seagate is proud to be the lead sponsor of the 2005 Computer History Museum Fellow Awards.

With the increased scale of the combined company, we can reduce overall product costs and provide more innovative products at more competitive prices.

Three years ago, this room would have all been desktop PCs,

We need to make sure everyone?s up to speed on where we are on these. It?s important that we coordinate. We do an awful lot of things together.

Seagate is excited about the opportunity to achieve greater scale, reduce supply chain costs, and leverage combined R&D efforts across a broader product set. With the increased scale of the combined company, we can reduce overall product costs and provide more innovative products at more competitive prices.

One thing is certain, there is no shortage of trout on Sabine Lake. In fact, I don't think most of them ever leave. That's why the fishing is so good year round here. But lately, it's just been a test to try and find them from one day to the next.

When they reach their 30s, six of every 10 black men who did not go to high school are in prison.

I think it's more of a panic on their part, ... It's not natural, what they're saying.

We have to morph ourselves into that consumer space.

The more mobility we have with content, the more it will drive backup storage. Backup storage will become a big deal for us.

You would expect over time to see the quality decline.

It's not God's will that we should lose a generation of black youth to violence, drugs and prison.

Everybody over there is somebody's son, somebody's daughter. This lets them know that there's some people out there that really do care.

The consumer is where the growth is. All the hard drive guys look smart right now,

I tend to be a little more big-picture-oriented. She can touch those other bases in the community and get that feedback. She brings skills and personality traits and perspectives to this office that I certainly don?t have.

Healthy demand across all markets continues, with the most robust growth coming from the notebook and consumer electronics markets,

The car people want to put an entertainment system in your back seat.