The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.

With these actions, we are attempting to achieve channel inventories that support ODM by the end of the second quarter. Our outlook for the second quarter is cautious as we continue to assess the North American commercial market environment.

Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.

No one has ever been able to stop the process and evolution of technology, not even I.B.M. That is going to continue. Those who grab it and move ahead with it will determine the future in this industry.

I am a very thorough person.

I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.