When we arrived at my home north of the city, my five-year-old son Magnus, brimming with the confidence he'd gained in two full weeks of kindergarten, opened the front door and asked John, "Is it true you live in a tent?"
"Yes, it is," John said.
"Why don't you have a house like everybody else?"
John leaned in to meet Magnus' dubious stare. "Because I endeavor to remain flexible.

We want to have the flexibility where you can do guest speakers, seminars and workshops.

This is not intended for you to go snooping into houses to make sure everyone meets the requirements. Basically, you'll look at the complaints. If you have a run-down structure that's in poor condition that might be a danger to the community and to rescue personnel, this gives you the tools to work with to get it straightened up.

We've changed the (hardware) problem to a software problem, which we know will lower costs, add much more flexibility and more abilities to fix it.

When you do research in international telecommunications, you look for business-plan flexibility. So a deal like this makes sense for Star, because it helps in directing more traffic through Star's network, while providing the flexibility of going into the retail business.... The retail minutes come in a large bucket of small chunks, instead of small bucket of large chunks -- this type of fit will only serve to help Star in redirecting its traffic.

We have allowed ourselves as much flexibility as we can. We believe it's in our shareholders' interest for us to have that flexibility.