And he had been sending e-mail to the company's other top technology executives about the rise of Linux.

To bankruptcy experts and technology executives, the fall of Tracor is a case study in how not to run a business.

"It's something we are looking at," said a technology executive for one of the nation's largest retailers.

The wealthiest technology executives, however, are giving far more as individuals than through their businesses.

Whom better to ask than those who have made it big, the most successful technology executives?

Still, technology executives say, networking is rarely the main reason any of them pursue these sports.

Improvement lies just over the next hill, most technology executives keep saying, but the present looks pretty murky.

"The figures are far better than most people, including technology executives, are talking about."

Lockhart is a former technology executive and consultant on building online businesses for large companies.

For decades, nearly every gathering of media or technology executives has defined the future in a single word: convergence.