“Creative is a hidden gem, like Cinderella. There’s a lot of inner beauty, a lot of inner strength out there, but not a lot of people know it. In the long run, Creative can become the princess in this area.”
Creative Technologies CEO Sim Wong Hoo, on waiting for consumers to notice his company, Newsweek, 21 February 2005
“As Napster’s CTO, I would like to officially state that neither Napster To Go, Napster, nor Windows Media DRM have been hacked.”
Napster chief technology officer Bill Pence, on learning of a trivial workaround that defeats the music service’s copy protection, TechWeb News, 16 February 2005
“The key reason for getting into the Linux business in the first place was figuring out what to do with the decline of NetWare.”
Novell CEO Jack Messman, on why he hitched his terminally boring company to the open-source movement, News.com, 16 February 2005
“I want us to return to the days of Startac and what we kind of lost. I want us to be the coolest, hippest generation of technology products.”
Motorola CEO Ed Zander, on designing phones that aren’t hopelessly lame, CNNmoney, 16 February 2005
“I don’t plan to go to the Justice Department and whine about Microsoft’s monopoly. I’d rather fight Microsoft in the marketplace, because I’m sure we’ll whip them.”
Symantec CEO John Thompson, on competing with Microsoft, News.com, 15 February 2005
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