“It’s not a big stretch to think that car brands themselves would look at ways to touch a consumer in the vehicle — that’d be a pretty interesting way to do it.”
Chet Huber, president of GM subsidiary OnStar, describing plans to have Cadillac spam drivers, News.com, 22 June 2001
“I don’t think we have the power in the marketplace to increase prices and stop innovation.”
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, describing the color of the sky on the planet he’s from, The Washington Post, 20 June 2001
“Windows is the most documented operating system that has ever been.”
Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman and chief technical writer, on his company’s literary achievements in the field of bug fixes, ZDNN, 20 June 2001
“Netscape 6 was absolutely the right product at the right time. It delivered the standards support the market was clamoring for.”
Netscape marketer Sol Goldfarb, defending his company’s late, buggy, lame browser as vital to retaining the Jeffrey Zeldman demographic, Wired News, 19 June 2001
“Michael Jordan will do almost as much for the Palm economy as Jeff Hawkins.”
Peter Klamka, comparing a deal that puts Jordan’s name on otherwise unremarkable handhelds to the contributions of Palm inventor Hawkins, News.com, 18 June 2001
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