GENERALLY, THEY’RE BEATING US, AND SPECIFICALLY, THEY’RE BEATING US

“I think both in general and in the specific, Apple’s done a great job.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, grudgingly conceding that Apple might be succeeding in more than just digital music, Fox Business News via TechFlash, 3 May 2010

SECRETLY, WE THINK SOME OF OUR READERS LIKE THAT STUFF

“We’re trying to make our readers not feel like we’re slapping them in the face as we explore this new world.”

Popular Science editor-in-chief Mark Jannot, on pricing his iPad edition at what the market will bear, Apple 2.0, 30 April 2010

NOW, WE’D LIKE THEM TO MOVE BACK

“Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on his frustrations with uppity software makers who don’t know their place, Apple.com, 29 April 2010

THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT NOT HAPPEN

“I believe Palm can survive as an independent company.”

Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, less than a week before selling out to Hewlett-Packard, Financial Times, 22 April 2010

OUR PRIVACY POLICY: IT ONLY LOOKS SCARY

“While it looks super-scary and certainly sucks for those few people who were affected, and is embarrassing to us, it’s a lot less bad than it looks.”

Blippy cofounder Philip Kaplan, on learning that his financial oversharing service handled credit-card numbers, too, VentureBeat, 23 April 2010