“Oracle is up to its same old tricks, trying to encourage people to buy its software using bogus claims. People need to be made aware of this.”
Microsoft manager Barry Goffe, on Oracle’s unwelcome intrusion into Redmond’s monopoly on vague verbiage, eWeek, 20 February 2001
“Windows XP … is the system that my mom deserves.”
Microsoft executive Jim Allchin, revealing that Windows’ user-surly interface is the result of deep-seated family resentments, CNNdotCOM, 17 February 2001
“It’s like we’re television programmers who still use black and white because not everybody has a color television set.”
Web Standards Project cofounder Jeffrey Zeldman, explaining that whatever you may have thought, the Web is really about his and his fellow designers’ needs, News.com, 16 February 2001
“Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer.”
Microsoft veep Jim Allchin, who never shared much in kindergarten, either, Bloomberg News, 14 February 2001
“I would expect that my colleagues, like me, will be contacted by the over 50 million Napster fans who oppose the injunction and fear the demise of Napster. This may prompt a legislative response.”
Senator-songwriter Orrin Hatch (R.-Napster), sprinkling fertilizer on the music-sharing service’s grassroots backing, Inside.com, 14 February 2001
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