“We predicted at the beginning of this decade that this would be a decade where the digital approach would be taken for granted. It’s going even faster than we expected.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, expounding on the virtues of Windows technology for the living room during a CES keynote marred by three different computer crashes, Las Vegas Sun, 6 January 2005
“As hard as we try, we have not yet understood how to make value and moral judgments about information.”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, on search results it would rather not serve up, 60 Minutes, 2 January 2005
“It’s not that people have stopped using IE, it’s just we’ve got lots of good ideas that [we] can match and move ahead.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on his belief that his company’s share of Web browser usage hasn’t actually dropped, News.com, 5 January 2005
“From now on, I’m going to make movies nobody wants to see and everyone will say I’ve lost my touch.”
Star Wars director George Lucas, revealing the secret plan behind Attack of the Clones, ThisisLondon, 5 January 2005
“Today, companies have to have people doing nothing all day but scouring news groups and mail lists figuring out the latest fix to a security vulnerability.”
SpikeSource CEO Kim Polese, on the value her new startup adds, News.com, 4 January 2005
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