Fred Anderson
Fred Anderson
One of the founders of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians who was an avant garde recording artist. He ran a practice space called the Birdhouse for a few years in the late 1970s.
ProfessionSaxophonist
Date of Birth22 March 1929
CityMonroe, LA
behind december order poised product quarter september strong
With our product transitions during the September quarter behind us, and an order backlog of over $700 million, we're poised for a very strong December quarter,
attack december expect loss quarter rather reporting result results retail since small stores
We now expect that the slowdown in retail that everyone's experienced since the attack of Sept. 11 will result in our reporting a small loss for our retail stores for the December quarter rather than the break-even results we had previously expected,
continue december expect growth opportunity quarter toward turn
We continue to look toward the December quarter as our first opportunity for year-over-year (revenue) growth which we expect to turn into unit growth,
billion december expect fiscal light lower results revenue
In light of the lower results anticipated for the December quarter, we now expect revenue for fiscal 2001 to be in the $6 billion to $6.5 billion range,
billion channel december ending estimates light quarter revenue sales slight targeting
In light of September's disappointing sales and higher-than-planned ending channel inventories, we are resetting our revenue estimates for the December quarter to about $1.6 billion and are targeting a slight profit,
computer consumer december holiday industry needs personal season
The consumer needs to show up for the holiday season for the personal computer industry to do well in the December quarter,
momentum optimistic strong
very optimistic for the strong momentum we have.
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Beautiful places, they were. They had porches in front, high ceilings in the apartments. You could watch the West Albany fireworks. But that was long before your time.
ahead channel delivering goal good inventory reaching solid weeks
We feel very good about delivering solid profitability while reaching our goal of 4 weeks of channel inventory ahead of schedule.
advance believe component next resolved situation supplies
Some component supplies will be impacted, but we believe the situation will be resolved well in advance of the end of the next quarter,
building filled since
Since then, we have filled up this building pretty well.
believe confident future good investment program
We're confident about Apple's future and believe this repurchase program is a good long-term investment for shareholders,
believe continue economic environment tough
what we believe will continue to be a tough economic environment.
billion remains
remains very strong, with over $4.3 billion in cash.