“We don’t bring in any material to the factory until it has been ordered by the customer.”
Dell engineer Steve Lawton, exposing the fiction that lets Dell claim the parts piling up in a corner of its factory don’t actually belong to it, News.com, 27 October 2004
“We want our audience to have a more intimate online relationship with the band, and Apple can help us do that.”
U2 lead singer Bono, on reaching out and touching his fans, Macworld UK, 26 October 2004
“Just like you don’t expect to get hit by a car, you don’t believe a computer attack can happen to you.”
National Cyber Security Alliance chairman Ken Watson, on a new study finding most computer users are blithely ignorant of how infected their computers are, Wired News, 25 October 2004
“There’s much more demand than the current market players, including Google, can supply.”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, begging for some decent competition, International Herald Tribune, 22 October 2004
“There’s no appreciable amount of Linux on client systems anywhere in the world.”
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, expressing his dislike of the open-source operating system, News.com, 20 October 2004
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