I see Intershop as a leader in the E-commerce digital economy and believe the company has truly long-term potential.

I think the PC will continue to be around for a long, long time to come. We see a new range of products evolving around the PC, but it's not going away.

Sometimes it's more difficult to achieve a 10% cost reduction than it is to tell people they have to achieve 50%. Small incremental steps block your view of doing something fundamentally different.

The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.

I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.

No one has ever been able to stop the process and evolution of technology, not even I.B.M. That is going to continue. Those who grab it and move ahead with it will determine the future in this industry.

I am a very thorough person.