Jeetil Patel Quotations

It indicates business was pretty solid and far beyond expectations. I think it's going to be a volume-driven business going forward. It's a pretty impressive showing looking at numbers across the board.

My perspective is the customer base isn't as active as they've historically been. We haven't see a whole lot besides an e-mail service.

That's the most important engine for growth. It's going to be through the service deals and growth within the existing service deals. It's also going to be through continued growth in the U.S. core business and international.

We ... are becoming increasingly concerned regarding the sustainability of growth for the company and its ability to achieve expectations in coming quarters.

Expect more throughout the summer. The number of companies that are running out of cash or are going to be in deep financial trouble probably heightens during the summer as sales languish when consumes are away from their PCs.

Expectations, unofficial ones, tend to get much higher.

Uncertainty is increasing looking ahead. Our thesis on higher ad spending necessary to boost demand remains intact.

Even though earnings preannouncements are behind us, we believe the stocks are set for a choppy environment in the next few months.

Educational toys and learning systems was one of the fastest growing markets of 2002 going into 2003. It's a robust market that's managed to withstand the challenging economic environment because it's not an area that consumers typically think about when they consider paring back their spending.

Fixed costs are becoming more apparent in the numbers. Investors have been negative and waiting to see evidence in the past, and we're finally seeing evidence that costs are becoming fixed while revenues are growing.

The video game industry is a sizeable market that could grow by 6 to 7 percent this year.

The number is unprecedented. We've probably never seen anything like this.

At the same time, Amazon doesn't have to do any distribution or fulfillment or even take any inventory risk. It's a nice beneficial model.

In the longer term, we're going to see more fee announcements. Will Yahoo! search be a service you have to pay for? No. But you'll have to pay for premium services.

The key question now remains whether the fee increases and improved growth rates are sustainable.

The key question is: Can they sell an expanded selection of products? Thus far, no.

The leaders are the ones to bet on at this point, but it might be a tough summer. I think we need to see a couple of players prove to investors that this is a sector that's worth taking a look at.