Author: Alex

THE REGULATOR-READY BUSINESS for 28 June 2007 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 for 27 June 2007 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
for 26 June 2007
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

“We’re baaaaaack!”

Ditherati editor Owen Thomas, 25 June 2007

http://www.ditherati.com/

“Ditherati’s taking a very relaxing nap right now.”

Ditherati editor Owen Thomas, 12 February 2006

“I was never an actor or a director or a singer — I had to understand the process well enough to help make decisions.”

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, on shifting from dealing with movie producers to dealing with Web producers, The New York Times, 29 January 2006

“We actually did an evil scale and decided not to serve at all was worse evil.”

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, on kowtowing to Chinese censors, Computerworld, 27 January 2006