I FIND YOUR LACK OF SUBSCRIBERS DISTURBING

“We understand that change is hard sometimes, but the new game we have is more Star Wars than ever.”

LucasArts videogame producer Julio Torres, on downgrading multiplayer online game Star Wars Galaxies to match the quality of Episodes I-III, Wired News, 13 December 2005

GOLIATH AND DAVID VS. GOLIATH

“Big industry has ruled search, because it was the only player with access to the tools.”

Bruce Gilliat, CEO of a subsidiary of that pipsqueak of industry, Amazon.com, on letting users build search engines to take on rivals Google and Yahoo, Wired News, 13 December 2005

PARTS IS PARTS

“Although I played a key role in bringing AOL and Time Warner together six years ago, it’s now my view that it would be best to ‘undo’ the merger by splitting Time Warner into several independent companies.”

Former Time Warner chairman Steve Case, saying “oopsy daisy,” The Washington Post, 10 December 2005

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BILLG WOULD PREFER THAT I THINK OF IT AS SMOG

“I consider open-source software to be part of the environment, like the Internet.”

Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie, on making his peace with Linux, The New York Times, 11 December 2005

YOU’LL NEED A CALENDAR JUST TO SCHEDULE TIME TO USE OUR SOFTWARE

“Time management is undergoing a major shift from a paper-based world to an electronic one.”

Microsoft program manager Hans Bjordahl, on his company’s plans for exciting new ways to waste time managing it, News.com, 6 December 2005