“Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assembl...” — Louis V. Gerstner Quote

“Successful enterprises are built from the ground up. You can't assemble them with a bunch of acquisitions.”

“The real mechanism for corporate governance is the active involvement of the owners.”

“I firmly believe that IBM's size can be used to its advantage.”

“I can well imagine making acquisitions so long as these are complementary to Puma and move it forward.”

“The rigor and discipline we use in running our business is key to consistently executing our growth strategy. And we systematically applied the same discipline to our investments, including acquisitions.”

“When we do acquisitions, we decide what we want. We decide what fills a hole. And if the price is too high, our alternative is the $5 billion we spend on R&D every year. We're not well-known for overpaying, because at Oracle we always have an alternative.”