Month: February 2004

“I’ve actually been amazed at the lack of outrage.”

Oracle information minister Jim Finn, who might be referring to PeopleSoft’s efforts to resist a takeover, and then again, might be referring to Oracle’s past lowball bids, which it raised 63% along the way to its “final” offer, Smartmoney.com, 6 February 2004

“You can compare the creative quality of Pixar’s last three films, for example, with the creative quality of Disney’s last three animated films and gauge each company’s creative abilities for yourself.”

Pixar CEO Steve Jobs, who apparently thinks Michael Eisner is about as creative as Bill Gates, The Washington Post, 5 February 2004

“Most people have traditionally associated AT&T with leadership in the telecoms industry.”

AT&T CEO David Dorman, on the burdensome legacy he’s planning to spend $200 million to shed, News.com, 4 February 2004

“I do believe, that as a society, we’re on a very slippery slope right now if we move down this path of ‘Let’s all jump on the software is free and software is good movement.'”

SCO Group CEO Darl McBride, on how he’s only comfortable with open-source software that’s bad, Internetnews.com, 3 February 2004

“If you spend a dollar with a local company working on Linux, that dollar stays in your economy. When you spend a dollar with a multinational corporation as a license fee for a piece of software, that dollar leaves your country.”

Sun Microsystems executive Simon Phipps, making a curious argument against the very practice that provides him with a steady paycheck, BBC News, 2 February 2004