Bob Bishop Quotations

In the past, we have not offered this assistance package for making the port (to SGI) as painless as possible.

Intel, for example, has only recently begun to ship a 64-bit chip,

You've got to compete against the large employer for the workforce and it costs you more to do that,

When the market starts to turn like this, this is when investors' eyes start to light up.

It will depend on HP and Compaq's ability to stabilize themselves and make some kind of commitment to this market, but I think that is way down on their list of action points.

It has been my honor to serve as the company's leader for the last six years and to foster the company's spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. Throughout its 24-year history, SGI has always made strategic high-impact contributions to the IT industry. I welcome Dennis McKenna into the role of chairman and CEO, knowing that he will balance the company's focus on technical markets with the pursuit of new activities that accelerate our path to profitability.

We've been shipping 64-bit chips for over 10 years, and the operating systems that go with that are mature and bug free, and are in real-time. They haven't achieved any of this yet, and already, the first product on the market is three years late. So it's going to take so long for them to learn. But we know they're headed this way.

It must be depressing to be frequently outgunned but I've never seen such spirit in all my years at Hartsfield.

In health insurance, what you're seeing is employers having to offer less rich benefits -- higher deductibles, higher copays -- to keep the premiums in moderation so they can at least offer them some kind of protections,

It's very difficult for a small employer, ... For example, we do not offer any retirement benefits here.