“‘Why doesn’t Apple offer a stripped-down iMac that’s more affordable?’ If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that.”
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who’s apparently heard this request 42 billion times, The Register, 11 January 2005
AT LAST, A SET-TOP BOX AS RELIABLE AS A PC
“We predicted at the beginning of this decade that this would be a decade where the digital approach would be taken for granted. It’s going even faster than we expected.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, expounding on the virtues of Windows technology for the living room during a CES keynote marred by three different computer crashes, Las Vegas Sun, 6 January 2005
DON’T SEE EVIL
“As hard as we try, we have not yet understood how to make value and moral judgments about information.”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, on search results it would rather not serve up, 60 Minutes, 2 January 2005
CRAZY LIKE A FIREFOX
“It’s not that people have stopped using IE, it’s just we’ve got lots of good ideas that [we] can match and move ahead.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on his belief that his company’s share of Web browser usage hasn’t actually dropped, News.com, 5 January 2005
THE PLANS YOU REFER TO WILL SOON BE BACK IN OUR HANDS
“From now on, I’m going to make movies nobody wants to see and everyone will say I’ve lost my touch.”
Star Wars director George Lucas, revealing the secret plan behind Attack of the Clones, ThisisLondon, 5 January 2005
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