“The real future of Burning Man is off the playa, in the regionals.”
Burning Man founder Larry Harvey, on his desperate wish that attendees of his rave in the Nevada desert would find somewhere else to go, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 September 2004
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FORGIVE US, WE’RE NOT USED TO THIS COMPETITION THING
“It’s an extremely rare Microsoft product for its emphasis on a simple, clean user experience.”
A wisely anonymous Microsoft employee, on the launch of the MSN Music store, Wired News, 3 September 2004
FORGET THE RINGTONES, HOW MUCH FOR THE INTIMATE TYING?
“Madonna sees the future of the music business tied intimately to the wireless space.”
Caresse Henry, Madonna’s manager, making the singer’s plan to sell ringtones online sound much sexier than it actually is, CNN.com, 24 August 2004
BY “CONSUMERS,” I MEAN “OUR INVESTORS”
“It is certainly bad for consumers that Apple has not opened up its platform with the iPod to other services.”
Napster CEO Chris Gorog, portraying his runner-up music service as a friend to Joe Sixpack, News.com, 1 September 2004
AROUND HEADQUARTERS, WE ASK THE SAME THING ABOUT OUR MARKET SHARE
“A lot of people are going to be asking, ‘Where did the computer go?’ It’s around here somewhere and I just can’t find it.”
Apple executive Phil Schiller, introducing a new barely-there desktop computer, Wired News, 31 August 2004
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