“The thing doesn’t work for me.”
“Today” host Meredith Vieira, MSNBC.com, 29 June 2007
Author: owenthomas
THE REGULATOR-READY BUSINESS
“The regulators still win. That’s just the rule. All the more reason you want to be cooperative and make the government think they won.”
Microsoft lawyer Marshall Phelps, on how his company learned to roll over and play dead ever so convincingly, News.com, 28 June 2007
FIRST YOU GET THE MONEY, THEN YOU GET THE POSERS
“I really like the Valley now because they’re more fundamentally focused on making money than hype.”
Seagate CEO Bill Watkins, who clearly hasn’t wandered outside a hard-drive factory for a couple of years, The New York Times, 27 June 2007
THE DAY THE MUSIC CHARGED
“How is it that a board set up by Congress would ask a growing business to pay more than 100% of its revenues in royalties? We’re all asking ourselves that question and, to be honest, still scratching our heads a bit.”
Yahoo Music general manager Ian Rogers, on his company’s abject failure to lobby for more profitable song-licensing fees, Yodel Anecdotal, 25 June 2007
THE GEEK FULL-EMPLOYMENT ACT
“I think security is the coolest kind of problem because it is never solved.”
Google engineering VP Douglas Merrill, on finding, at long last, an end to career obsolescence, News.com, 25 June 2007
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