“The direction is down significantly.”
Oracle co-president Safra Catz, dumping on the prospects of PeopleSoft, a company she ostensibly would like to acquire, Forbes.com, 11 October 2004
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ALL THE HORRIBLE CALLS THAT ARE FIT TO PRINT
“All I can say is that it was a horrible call.”
David Menlow, president of the IPO Financial Network, apologizing for telling investors to avoid Google, up $50 since its debut, The New York Times, 6 October 2004
A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE
“If I had a dollar for every time …”
Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang, momentarily forgetting that he does, speaking at the Web 2.0 conference, 7 October 2004
BUT I WAS JUST READING OUR MARKETING COLLATERAL
“The statements were promotional, not true, absolutely not true.”
Ousted PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway, on claiming Oracle’s takeover effort wasn’t hurting his company’s sales, The Age, 6 October 2004
DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT VERY RECENT HISTORY
“Microsoft has had competitors in the past. It’s a good thing we have museums to document this stuff.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, recalling the misty, fading days of WordPerfect, Novell, and Netscape, Forbes.com, 4 October 2004
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