“We are twice as expensive as IBM. However, we have a lot more stuff.”
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, attempting to justify his company’s bad habit of overcharging for its database software, News.com, 14 June 2001
“We are twice as expensive as IBM. However, we have a lot more stuff.”
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, attempting to justify his company’s bad habit of overcharging for its database software, News.com, 14 June 2001
“There is absolutely a role for us in what we call the low end.”
Ed Graczyk, Microsoft TV’s marketing director, skipping over how his company has made a rear end of itself in failing to deliver working software to AT&T’s cable division, The New York Times, 8 June 2001
“Right now in Japan the No. 1 and No. 2 hottest-selling Windows-based notebooks are based on Crusoe. That’s something U.S. makers can’t ignore.”
Transmeta CEO David Ditzel, trying to put some English on the claim that his company’s chips are big in Japan, Wired News, 13 June 2001
“Even if the judge closed Napster down completely, I have no regrets, because I believe that Napster has 18 months more experience in file-sharing technology.”
Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middelhoff, showing je-ne-regrette-rien nonchalance in the face of lawsuits from the rest of the music industry, The New York Times, 10 June 2001
“ExciteAtHome cannot guarantee employees that they will not be exposed to some adult material, either through specific work assignments or due to the presence of such material in the work environment.”
Excite@Home’s work agreement — whether it’s a warning or a perk, the document doesn’t specify, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 June 2001
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