Month: March 2005

“Ray and his team are true innovators. Microsoft and its customers will greatly benefit from their experience.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on buying Lotus Notes inventor Ray Ozzie’s startup, USA Today, 10 March 2005

“Part of it is that I got the machine for free. I’m really a technology whore.”

Linus Torvalds, on why he switched to Mac hardware, ZDNet Australia, 9 March 2005

“This behavior is unethical at best — a serious breach of trust that can not be countered by rationalization. Any applicant found to have done so will not be admitted to this school.”

Harvard Business School dean Kim Clark, on rejecting applicants who modified a URL to find out if they were admitted, Boston Globe, 8 March 2005

“Radio pissed on their own product and then cluttered it up.”

Publicis Groupe chief innovation officer Rishad Tobaccowala, on radio’s self-inflicted demise, BusinessWeek, 3 March 2005

“It’s a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don’t get in the way of that dream.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on how his company is committed to security, as long as it doesn’t get in the way of doing cool stuff, ABCNews.com, 4 March 2005