“Our first order of business will be to reestablish financial credibility.”
Harry You, on resigning from Oracle after eight months as its chief financial officer to head up consulting firm BearingPoint, San Jose Business Journal, 18 March 2005
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Alex works as a reverse engineer for Automattic Inc.
PACKET LOSS
“Our business model relies on providing Skype for free, and then upgrading a fraction of our users to some sort of paid service or product.”
Skype cofounder Niklas Zennstrom, on his voice-over-Internet phone service, News.com, 17 March 2005
AND ON TUESDAY, YOU SUE A RUMOR WEBSITE
“Steve’s perspective is that you launch a product on Sunday and sell it on Monday.”
Motorola executive Ron Garriques, on Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ philosophy on product announcements, eWeek, 16 March 2005
IDEALLY, WE’D JUST HAVE ONE
“When you assess the market without bias, it is obvious that no two companies can control this highly competitive and very crowded space, even after the mergers as currently contemplated.”
SBC CEO Ed Whitacre, on snapping up what’s left of the long-distance business, Reuters, 15 March 2005
WISH I HAD A NICKEL FOR EVERY TIME I HEARD THAT ONE
“There is nothing so magical about the Internet that everything has to be free.”
Dow Jones executive Todd Larsen, on charging for content, The New York Times, 14 March 2005
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