“A long time from now, people will look back at our announcement and say it was a great benefit for Apple.”
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser, on cracking Apple’s iPod song format without permission, The New York Times, 26 July 2004
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WE’RE TRADING IT TO TIME WARNER FOR A BROWSER LICENSE
“Slate, in the grand scheme of Microsoft, is not a big investment.”
Scott Moore, general manager of Microsoft’s MSN Network, on the prospect of selling the only product the company has managed to debug, The Washington Post, 23 July 2004
WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE, YOU DON’T NEED IT NOW
“If it is on the Internet this week, we will release it immediately as a legal download on iTunes, and get hard copies into the shops by the end of the month.”
U2 lead singer Bono, laying out plans for turning the theft of the band’s latest CD into a publicity stunt, Daily Telegraph, 22 July 2004
THICKER MARGINS IN THIRTY DAYS!
“We’re like a little kid on the playground who was skinny and could be pushed around. We’re bulked up but haven’t quite gotten the respect.”
Ask Jeeves executive Jim Lanzone, on the fourth-place search engine’s quest for props, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2004
SEARCH AND YE SHAN’T FIND
“In the long term, we’ll hit a wall where a lot of the search buys that make sense today won’t make sense anymore because prices will have risen so high.”
Nielsen/NetRatings analyst Ken Cassar, on the coming drought of outlets for search advertising, The New York Times, 19 July 2004
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