“One day, 2 or 3 billion people will have cell phones, and they are all not going to have PCs. The mobile phone will become their digital life.”
PalmOne chief technology officer Jeff Hawkins, on how the masses will geek out, Newsweek, 14 June 2004
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IT’S NOT LIKE HE EVER GOES OUTSIDE, ANYWAY
“The weather scares us a bit, but on the other hand we know a lot of people up there, and they all seem happy. And it’s bound to be less crazy than Silicon Valley.”
Linux creator Linus Torvalds, on moving from California to Oregon, News.com, 11 June 2004
SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE CANCER HUGGER
“The foods we eat, the medicine we take, the air we breathe are being taken over by corporations.”
Activist Sue Skinner, on why she decided to protest a biotech conference in San Francisco, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 June 2004
WE’RE REALLY KEEN ON ELECTRICITY, TOO
“We’re big believers that the Internet is the future.”
Comcast president Steve Burke, showing a knack for picking up on technology trends with only a decade’s lag, The New York Times, 9 June 2004
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR DEFINITION OF “ERP” IS
“The way they are defining the market, they might block us from buying PeopleSoft but let Microsoft buy SAP. It’s insane.”
Oracle information minister Jim Finn, on the government’s opposition to its buying out the competition, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2004
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