“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
FRIENDS ARE SO OLD MEDIA
“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
ENDING THE USERS WASN’T PANNING OUT
“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
STOP ME BEFORE I WRITE A LICENSE AGAIN
“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
AND BY “INROADS,” I MEAN “STUPID ACQUISITIONS”
“I think it’s the right time for Korean Internet companies to make inroads overseas.”
Lee Jae-woong, CEO of Korean Internet firm Daum, on spending $95 million to take Web portal Lycos off Terra Networks’ hands, Asia Times, 3 August 2004
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