Author: Matt

“No one cares what the processor is inside. It is really the applications and the software that drives the value for the customer overall.”

Compaq exec Mike Winkler, on his company’s decision to abandon its proprietary Alpha chip in favor of Intel’s Itanium, eWeek, 27 June 2001

“The Times has lost this case and will now undertake the difficult and sad process of removing significant portions from its electronic historical archive.”

New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who, having lost a case in which his paper tried to seize electronic rights to freelancers’ articles, now plans to take someone else’s ball and go home, Wired News, 26 June 2001

“Only two companies will remain: Oracle and SAP of Germany. Everyone else will vanish.”

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, on his hopes of establishing a high-priced software duopoly, Financial Times, 21 June 2001

“It’s not a big stretch to think that car brands themselves would look at ways to touch a consumer in the vehicle — that’d be a pretty interesting way to do it.”

Chet Huber, president of GM subsidiary OnStar, describing plans to have Cadillac spam drivers, News.com, 22 June 2001

“I don’t think we have the power in the marketplace to increase prices and stop innovation.”

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, describing the color of the sky on the planet he’s from, The Washington Post, 20 June 2001