Month: September 2004

“All of our research shows that we already own the document space, and that everyone knows we are digital.”

Xerox chief marketing officer Diane McGarry, on the company’s new campaign to push “solutions,” The New York Times, 13 September 2004

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/13/business/media/13adcol.html

“We might offer some things that don’t have as good margins for us in order to help give consumers what they want.”

Yahoo music executive David Goldberg, on spending $160 million to acquire Musicmatch for the privilege of losing money in the music-download business, News.com, 14 September 2004

“[Microsoft] has sucked $60 billion out of our industry that could have been used for innovation.”

Novell CEO Jack Messman, offering his best imitation of Ross Perot in explaining why his company missed Wall Street revenue estimates, News.com, 13 September 2004

“This is no different from how physical music stores work.”

RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser, on his $2 million online-song giveaway, USA Today, 8 September 2004

“It is our goal to put the sum of all human knowledge in the form of an encyclopedia in the hands of every single person on the planet for free.”

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, on his site’s grandiosely boring ambition, The Washington Post, 9 September 2004