Mark Stahlman
Mark Stahlman
clear employees example happens morale represents throw weight
This represents a clear example of what happens when employees throw their weight at execution, and morale improves,
begin chance clearly confidence next pointing unknowns
This was the chance for them to, if they had the confidence about where they are going next year, to begin pointing in that direction, but they clearly refused. I think there are a lot of unknowns for them.
clear
Today, they made it clear they're not in trouble.
advanced apple clear concerned consumer features interested lowest market possible price segment sell
It's clear there is a segment of the consumer market that is price insensitive and more interested in advanced features than concerned about getting the lowest possible price, ... That's a segment Apple does very well in; so does Hewlett-Packard. Dell has to try to sell to that customer.
calendar chance clearly expected finish guiding strong year
It was better than I had expected and most importantly they are clearly guiding us up for December, so I think there is a chance for a very strong finish for calendar year '05.
calendar chance clearly finish guiding strong year
They are clearly guiding us up for December, so I think there is a chance for a very strong finish for calendar year '05.
clearly concerns everybody finished growth maybe summer
The concerns that everybody had over the summer that maybe growth was finished -- clearly that was wrong.
clear company hardware importance sony studios
The importance of studios is exaggerated. Stringer has been clear that Sony is fundamentally a hardware company,
business categories certainly companies credit expected fairly number people pieces quite systems true turning typical
There are a number of pieces of IBM's business that don't get as much credit as they should. These are categories that people had expected fairly little from and they are turning out to be quite strong, as is typical for systems companies and is certainly true for IBM.
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There are a bunch of value investors who put Sun on their radar screens and have figured out that Sun is going to have a better-than-expected September quarter and potentially a blowout December quarter,
excellent good ground ibm looks losing market numbers picking quarter toss
We thought they would have a good quarter but it looks like they had an excellent quarter, ... With these bookings numbers you have to toss out any idea that IBM is losing ground in services. They are probably picking up market share.
begins bit choice consumer entire few game looking market maybe people ripple software time upgrade written year
This upgrade to 64 bits, which begins with servers, workstations and high-end game machines, is going to ripple through the entire market place. A year from now, very few people are going to be looking for 32 bit notebooks. This is a very big change. All the new software being written is (for 64-bit processors), so the consumer has a real choice for the first time in maybe 10 years.
next preview sounds
This sounds to me like a preview of what we're going to see next week.
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If they are successful in saving that order of magnitude, it will fall directly to the bottom line.