"Apple continues to update its internal processes as part of our ongoing worldwide operations strategy to remain a leader in operational excellence." - The dispassionate statement from Apple on rumours that the company planned to move all its iMac manufacturing to a single outside contractor as part of an estimated $10 billion, five-year contract with the Seoul-based LG Electronics Corporation.
"If all we wanted to do was to make money on PC hardware, that wouldn't be a good business model." - Ted Waitt, Gateway's chairman and chief executive on the benefits of moving into the ISP and portal worlds.