Author: Alex

“This isn’t some pie-in-the-sky enterprise software contraption.”

Splunk CEO Michael Baum, on the log-analysis startup’s misplaced ambitions to sell software to the people who use it, News.com, 8 August 2005

“You can put us down for a ‘no comment.'”

Google nonspokesman David Krane, summarizing his employer’s PR strategy, The New York Times, 8 August 2005

“The effect of Disney and Pixar guessing wrong on this was actually not giant.”

Part-time Pixar CEO Steve Jobs, on flubbed DVD sales estimates that resulted in a a 66 percent drop in earnings, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 August 2005

“I’d have to fight word-by-word [sic] to save it from being mangled by some twenty five year old [sic] copy editor.”

Entrepreneur Paul Graham, expounding on his theory that everyone’s work can be improved by collaboration — except his own, Paulgraham.com, August 2005

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“There’s lots and lots of multibutton mice on the market but they come with some complexity. We just weren’t willing to compromise on design or ease of use.”

Apple executive David Moody, on developing a two-button mouse to go with the Mac’s new Intel chips, News.com, 2 August 2005