“[Verizon’s] had this opportunity to deploy for years and they haven’t done it. They, in my opinion, don’t want competition.”
Dianah Neff, Philadelphia’s chief information officer, on the unattractive prospect of unwiring the city, 30 November 2004
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WE SELL DESSERT TOPPINGS AND FLOOR WAX!
“When people ask me, are you a retailer or an Internet company, I say, ‘Yes.'”
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, keeping his business plan intentionally vague, Newsweek, 29 November 2004
PLUS OR MINUS?
“We found that customers didn’t want an integrated, all-in-one solution. No matter what we integrated, they wanted something different.”
HP executive Nora Denzel, on the company’s prolonged incompetence at coming up with products customers wanted to buy, News.com, 29 November 2004
SPECIFICALLY, THE PART WITH CREDIT CARDS
“Apple’s stores have always been about being more than a store. Our goal is to be part of people’s lives.”
Apple retail chief Ron Johnson, on getting closer to customers’ wallets, Macworld UK, 18 November 2004
YET ANOTHER POLE-CLIMBER RISING UP THE RANKS
“I have the music from ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.'”
SBC CEO Ed Whitacre, revealing a bit too much about the contents of his iPod, The Wall Street Journal, 23 November 2004
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