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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To buy (Siebel) and combine them along with other smaller acquisitions into Oracle in a very short time is an unprecedented task in terms of difficulty. It's not easy by any stretch, and that is a lot of risk to try to do that in a short time with a bunch of different technologies.
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I think it makes some sense; it's just consolidation like anything else. You take two weaker players and combine them for strength.
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We see cannibalism as the only way to survive right now for the big players. There are a lot of software companies out there that can't grow.
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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.
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The stock reaction is muted considering how big these problems appear to be.
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Crouch has the stature to lead the line, his very existence sets an unusual problem for defenders, and the combination of his spidery limbs, surprisingly delicate control and patient approach allow him to hold the ball up quite effectively
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And this is what we came up with -- a private, Christian school.
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There's a fair bit of seasonality for software companies. The fourth quarter and second quarter are the biggest; the third quarter stinks because Europe is on vacation.
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There's a fair bit of seasonality for software companies, ... The fourth quarter and second quarter are the biggest; the third quarter stinks because Europe is on vacation.
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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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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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Even though these numbers on an absolute basis look cheap, we view it as not being as cheap as it looks,