“[The number] kind of went right back to where God intended it to be.”
Alan Wurtzel, NBC’s president of research, on the sudden reappearance of millions of young men in front of their television sets, as reported by the Nielsen ratings, The New York Times, 9 August 2004
“If Hiroshi Yamauchi calls, he’ll get me on the line right away.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on his interest in speaking to gamemaker Nintendo’s largest shareholder, The New York Times, 5 August 2004
“For people who play [Internet] games all night and don’t have any friends, don’t have any hobbies, to come into the army is a very big shock.”
Finnish Defence Forces Cammander-Captain Jyrki Kivela, on the downsides of drafting Web addicts, 5 August 2004
“We’re not focused on doing more end-user lawsuits right now.”
SCO Group CEO Darl McBride, on pausing his crusade against Linux users, Financial Times, 4 August 2004
“If you’re a vendor planning to create a new license, stop. Call me. Tell me why.”
Hewlett-Packard executive Martin Fink, on the propensity of open-source companies to create jobs for lawyers, News.com, 3 August 2004
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