Author: Alex

“This sends a signal to music industry critics who claim we are technophobic.”

EMI executive David Munns, on striking a deal with Napster founder Shawn Fanning’s new firm, Snocap, E-Commerce Times, 6 May 2005

“I’ve earned the right to fail, which means making what I think are really great movies that no one wants to see.”

George Lucas, on taking a break from making really lousy movies that no one wants to see, Wired, May 2005

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.05/lucas.html

“In general I think we’re very focused on all of our customers.”

Google executive Tim Armstrong, on his husbandry of the company’s sales efforts, CNNmoney, 4 May 2005

“People are awash in an overwhelming sea of stuff. Our ability to produce content far outstrips the ability to sort and consume it.”

Del.icio.us founder Joshua Schachter, on the desperate need we all share for tools to organize our cat-photo-blog bookmarks, CNN.com, 3 May 2005

“Operators have been caught off guard by activities of several companies selling ring tones.”

Verizon Wireless executive Paul Palmieri, on services that overcharge unsuspecting callers, News.com, 2 May 2005