91 Quotes by Richard Williams

I think it makes some sense; it's just consolidation like anything else. You take two weaker players and combine them for strength.

It has always been the focal point of the development.

Lawyers involved in NTP and other patent cases think a deal will come before year-end, or even pre-Christmas, and be valued between $750 million and $1.25 billion. The stock could rally sharply on a deal.

I went and cashed in all my pennies to come here. It's cheap entertainment. We spent, what, maybe $40 tonight? Cheaper than going to the movies.

My only expectation of him is that he will prove that everyone who had great confidence in him was right.

That's what is behind Microsoft's interest in AOL. They are looking at combining MSN and AOL, two underperforming assets, cut the costs, and come up with a single productive asset. Both MSN IM and Yahoo IM are on the outs. AOL dominates that market. So this deal has the same idea behind it as MSN/AOL.

Microsoft has realized that PCs are not the center of the world. E-business or online services to enterprises could become the next big area of growth for the company.

Microsoft has a long-term e-business goal that involves MSN. They've got to keep MSN alive and relevant enough within the marketplace until they have their e-business web channel ready.

Microsoft is the dominant player if it chooses to be which would mean there would be significant market share losses for Symantec.