Formats Quotes

What you can say is that the calendar has been changed that will allow consideration of other formats if that need arises. - Mike Slive

What is clearly lacking is a nationwide system for comparative performance purposes, using standard formats. - Charles Miller

We've had an active, ongoing conversation with Microsoft since January about this, and they've been open to hearing our position... But I don't know one way or the other how they're ultimately going to react to this. Also, this isn't just about Microsoft. We're focusing on the formats here, not necessarily the software. But wouldn't it be nice not to have to remake the systems? - Peter Quinn

We're trying to stay away from multi-speed [manual] transmissions and go to simple 6- and 10-speed formats. The more gears you have, the narrower the shift range becomes; that can lead to horrendous fuel economy. - David McKenna

We're going to experiment with different ad formats ... find out what they'll tolerate. - Richard Bennett

We're continuing to see sustained growth across our U.S. and international markets, deeper penetration into many vertical categories and expanded adoption of our fixed-price trading formats. - Meg Whitman

Well, it's not the last thing I worry about. I think that there a few tracks that are radio-friendly in certain formats. The format has been changed so much with the whole urban Latin market, so it's really important to develop the direction that we are going in, and that supercedes any kind of desire to fit in. - Andres Levin

We would have liked a greater opportunity to explain how openness is possible with Office. We've found a very positive reaction to our open formats and our approach, and there's a growing awareness there. - Alan Yates

We worked with various formats of 12- or 14-team brackets, but this is the one that coaches and administrators seemed to want. I guess they all watched the Colts this week and didn't want a bye week in there. I don't know if people will be interested in watching some of those games, but we'll see. - Bob Ruoff