It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised read more

It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised by DFAT that that would be outside the UN sanctions and a breach of them.

It is definitely true that having a common foe does give you something to shoot at. I'm just hoping that read more

It is definitely true that having a common foe does give you something to shoot at. I'm just hoping that we don't fall into a pattern of simply playing catch-up with Microsoft, which is a danger.

How does Johnny Cash say it? I'm in pretty good shape ...

How does Johnny Cash say it? I'm in pretty good shape ...

I just see it as another guy trying to get what I'm trying to get, a win for our team. read more

I just see it as another guy trying to get what I'm trying to get, a win for our team. I treat it like a battlefield.

While top and bottom-line results did not meet our expectations for the quarter, we remain optimistic about our prospects for read more

While top and bottom-line results did not meet our expectations for the quarter, we remain optimistic about our prospects for growth in the future. We remain committed to profitability, excluding non-cash charges, no later than the end of calendar 2001 and we anticipate revenue for fiscal 2001 to be approximately 2.25 times fiscal 2000 revenue.

It's not completely finalized, but I talked with Steve (Wednesday) and he has given me a proxy to go ahead. read more

It's not completely finalized, but I talked with Steve (Wednesday) and he has given me a proxy to go ahead. It's not really 'official' official, but the building is on hold, and we've got the date (from Showtime), so we're just about there.

My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from read more

My prediction? This move will be completely forgotten. Few to nobody will use it. And, 6 to 12 months from now, Oracle will have to give a real response to the open-source threat it faces. Tossing a lightweight database in front of a fast-moving market that wants free, open, and killer databases just won't fly.

He's coming off the ball well, and he's always got that quick first step on you.

He's coming off the ball well, and he's always got that quick first step on you.

This is just the beginning, ... Obviously we're going to have the House of Blues Foundation involved in subsidizing the read more

This is just the beginning, ... Obviously we're going to have the House of Blues Foundation involved in subsidizing the employees' down there livelihood.