“We had a lot of typical things, like company-paid lunches and blue-haired kids running around on skateboards, and it was the time when we thought we were going to rule the world.But I have to get the building in order and return it to the landlord in its original condition.”
Former MP3.com employee David Agresti, who’s now charged with effacing all signs of its erstwhile hipness, Wired News, 9 March 2004
“I just want to thank my readers, my viewers, my Internet users. I just want to thank everyone for their support.”
Domesticity guru Martha Stewart, on getting more affirmations via email than Howard Dean, CNNmoney, 8 March 2004
“The evidence unequivocally confirms that some Republican staff conspired to spy on and steal from their Democratic colleagues. This report indisputably shows that this secret surveillance was calculated, systematic and sweeping in its scope.”
Senator Patrick Leahy (D.-Unix for Dummies), on the discovery that a Republican congressional clerk used wide-open security settings to copy documents from Democrats’ file servers, News.com, 5 March 2004
“Our revenue and results of operations for the first quarter were consistent with our expectations.”
SCO CEO Darl McBride, on losing $3.4 million on $20,000 in revenues with his brilliant plan to sue every Linux user in sight, ElectricNews.net, 4 March 2004
“Any time you accept money to influence the results, even if it is just for inclusion, it is probably a bad thing.”
Google cofounder Larry Page, on the nefarious nexus of search engines and capitalism, The New York Times, 2 March 2004
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