Richard Williams
Richard Williams
Animator who won a 1989 Academy Award for his work on the live action/animation hybrid film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." "The Thief and the Cobbler" became his unfinished masterpiece.
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth19 March 1933
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There will be a period of indigestion but it wouldn't surprise me to see Oracle back in late 2005 buying somebody else.
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There were so many situations where in the past our kids could have put their chins down, but the entire coaching staff did a super job, ... And our kids kept their heads up, and without a doubt the difference was the second half when we controlled the offensive and defensive lines of scrimmage.
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This looks like a good quarter. It's a huge beat.
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This is traditionally a weak quarter but software right now has just flat-lined. Expectations are pretty low.
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For many companies we're not talking about a lot of organic growth. If currency strengthens, as I expect it will, it brings into question whether companies can make their second-quarter numbers.
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For a variety of reasons, we believe that's unlikely,
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It's a big challenge for new management to have to come in and handle the crisis. They now have 28 days to certify all the data. It's not clear they can get everything done that they have to get done.
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This appears to be about a clash of titanic egos and, at Oracle, there is only one ego that ultimately matters.
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People power saves PeopleSoft. Customer loyalty is such a powerful force and it was underestimated,
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On the whole this is modestly positive news.
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Normally, big viruses are good news for the anti-virus companies. The scarier, the better, since that's what motivates people to buy patches in the first place.
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Pricing pressures are definitely an issue for software companies. This strikes me as a clear sign that things are still not getting better,
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These software stocks are all overvalued on the fundamentals that we see today.
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These settlements and collaborations are clearing the table. It is a preamble to a larger strategic move, ... Microsoft is trying to keep MSN relevant.