Quotes by Frank Gillett

“The challenge here is not the individual products, but the interplay of a number of individual products.”

“Anyone making hardware is in for a very painful transition. Equipment is going commodity.”

“[So is IBMs announcement the beginning of the shift to on-demand computing? Some say absolutely:] Were on the tip of a change on the order of magnitude of [the beginning of] the client server in late 80s, ... Our estimates are that outsourcing and on-demand computing will cut IT costs [buying and operating] in half over the next five years.”

“This is all part of Suns effort to remain relevant by making Solaris more attractive to users and blunting the growing interest in Linux by offering their own open-source technology,”

“Were on the tip of a change on the order of magnitude of [the beginning of] the client server in late 80s. Our estimates are that outsourcing and on-demand computing will cut IT costs [buying and operating] in half over the next five years.”

“This is all part of Suns effort to remain relevant by making Solaris more attractive to users and blunting the growing interest in Linux by offering their own open-source technology.”

“An important chunk of Apples market is people who use Adobe applications. Those folks are going to stay away from the new machines until theyre sure their software works.”

“None of this stuff is going to change things for users in the next 12 months.”

“Strategically, HP is (at) an interesting crossroads.”

“The pay-for-use model is an innovation, but there is a very unflinching standardization.”