Gateway pursues a lonely – and some say losing – strategy

ComputerNewsDaily: “At a glitzy Silicon Valley party this summer, the computer industry titans gathered around a single
table formed a telling tableau.

Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates held court with a powerful venture capitalist. Across from him,
Compaq Computer Corp. Chairman Michael Capellas and Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Carly
Fiornia chattered, grinning over glasses of red wine.

To their left sat Gateway Inc. Chairman Ted Waitt, looking wistful, with no one left to talk to.”