YOU’LL NEED A CONSULTANT JUST TO FIGURE OUT

“We estimate there will be a $140 billion annual partner services opportunity on the Office 12 platform.”

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on the true price of Office, News.com, 8 July 2005

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX OFFICE

“Our goal is to deliver first-run premium entertainment to film fans around the world and to make film easier to buy than to pirate.”

Actor Morgan Freeman, on pulling the plug on movie theaters with a new on-demand video service, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2005

SHAREHOLDER VALUE PRICING

“The people who criticize our Wall Street performance, we find those people are often our best customers.”

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, on how shareholders benefit from his website’s low prices, USA Today, 5 July 2005

EVOLVE AND EXTEND

“The Internet is so popular today that we need to just keep evolving it.”

Microsoft chief software architect Bill Gates, on making the Internet more Windows-compatible, News.com, 1 July 2005

BILLG HAS DITCHED ALL HIS FLANNEL, TOO

“We are getting increasingly close to saying that the 1990s are finally over.”

Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith, on declaring his company’s antitrust woes officially retro, The Wall Street Journal, 1 July 2005