Dave Cole Quotations

There are other threat indicators on the Web. But what was missing was a place for consumers that breaks it down in plain English and gives actionable advice. This is like a weather report and telling users to grab the umbrella, instead of how much precipitation there is.

Was it widely exploited? No, but it was interesting to see it exploited on the Mac platform.

He has become a true believer in it. E-commerce has become a bureaucracy-buster to reform the internal aspects of GM, maybe even more than it will transform its relations with suppliers.

The only people sure of their jobs are Bill Ford and Mark Fields.

He made it clear the attitude at Ford is change or die.

This is sort of a security weather report for your average Joe.

It's a good move because Ford can't be a full line manufacturer. They have to focus on investing their money where they'll make money. If they get one million units out of production, they can go forward to regain profitability.

The fact that St. Paul was not on the list today was very positive. But, being creative, innovative --- Bill Ford has stated very, very clearly that their future is based on innovation. And that innovation applies to everybody in the company, from somebody on the assembly line to somebody in the finance office. And it's an opportunity. Does that mean this plant is going to survive? We just don't know. But I can tell you one thing for sure, doing nothing is not a good option.

There is a lot of financial incentive to exploit this stuff and foist nasty, unwanted things onto people's desktops without their consent.

It's a typical Catch-22 situation. There is often no middle ground to work on and what Ford is trying to do is find that middle ground.