In the course of their work today, crews noticed some equipment that needed to be replaced. We felt it was prudent to do the work as soon as possible.

We think this outage will be transparent to most of our customers. We decided to do the work now because failure of this equipment could potentially cause problems at a less convenient time.

I congratulate Joe, William, and Christopher for their impressive achievements today. Every one of the two million competitors is a winner in my eyes. By participating they have had fun and have expanded both their word power and their intellectual horizons.

What we take out today takes 30 to 100 years to replace back into the aquifer. You can use 10,000 to 20,000 gallons (of water) on even a small lot. Micro-irrigation uses about a 10th of that.

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared, ... The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming.

It is clear, based on the Court's ruling today, that Siebel Systems did not violate the spirit or letter of Regulation FD. We contested the SEC's claims in order to exonerate the company and its executives and to bring clarity to an important issue that was mishandled by the regulators. This was a win not only for Siebel but for all public companies trying to do the right thing.