John Connors
John Connors
John Connors VCwas born in Davaugh, Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
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We are cautious about the next quarter. We want to see business PC demand pick up, and the next quarter is a tough comparable quarter because of last year's launch of Office 2000.
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While we are enthusiastic about the break-through products and services the company will be delivering in 2001, we remain guarded about the near-term economic outlook and its impact on PC demand and technology spending,
earnings ended good per quarter
We solidly outperformed on revenues, expenses, and earnings per share, and we feel good about where we ended the quarter on unearned (revenue),
became bit clear customers longer quarter taking
As the quarter unfolded it became clear to us that customers are taking a bit longer to renew,
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At the top line, we are forecasting revenues in the range of $32.2 to $32.6 billion for the full year.
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Deep Throat was a journalistic joke; Mark Felt never accepted the name.
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OEM revenue was light as demand for business PCs remained slow in the quarter, and we remain guarded about near-term growth. However, PC demand appeared to pick up late in the quarter, and with the launch of Windows 2000, we are excited about the opportunity to help customers migrate to this new generation of platform products.
business change continued corporate customers demand health pc robust
There is not much change in the health of the PC ecosystem. Demand from business customers continued to be challenging. We did not see robust corporate demand,
consumer continued corporate demand exceed pcs
Consumer and corporate demand for PCs continued to exceed our expectations,
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They treated us like gold out there. I felt like royalty.
although december growth leading month positive recovery somewhat
Although the month of December was somewhat better than we had expected, we do not think we are in a recovery leading to positive growth in the future,
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We also think that the PC market could see growth in the low single digits for fiscal 2003 compared to the low single digit declines we are expecting to see for our full-year fiscal-year with 2002,
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While our short-term results will continue to be affected by the current economic environment, our long-term outlook on the information technology market and the PC industry remains positive.