Author: Alex

“The Internet is so popular today that we need to just keep evolving it.”

Microsoft chief software architect Bill Gates, on making the Internet more Windows-compatible, News.com, 1 July 2005

“We are getting increasingly close to saying that the 1990s are finally over.”

Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith, on declaring his company’s antitrust woes officially retro, The Wall Street Journal, 1 July 2005

“I’m going to concentrate on making movies. In terms of being a corporate executive, I’m pretty much tired.”

George Lucas, revealing that all of those exhausting boardroom meetings were to blame for his recent movies, BBC News, 26 June 2005

“The big lesson for me on the Internet … is that people everywhere are overwhelmingly trustworthy and good and moral.”

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, on the beautiful color of the sky on the planet he lives on, CNN.com, 23 June 2005

“I don’t necessarily believe we’re a great barometer of corporate spending.”

Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, on not reading his company’s soft sales as an economic portent, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2005