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“Very few people actually read these reports.”

Oracle president Chuck Phillips, describing the value of his work as a Wall Street analyst under oath, News.com, 18 June 2004

“Our strategy remains the same, with some shifts in timings and focus and a pruning of our portfolio.”

Nokia CEO Jorma Ollila, on dropping some of his company’s dorkier models of phones, The Guardian, 15 June 2004

“I’m not going to buy another router company for a router. I could not be more comfortable with our routing strategy.”

Cisco CEO John Chambers, speaking at an investor conference shortly before buying another router company, The Wall Street Journal, 15 June 2004

“If I had tried to demand fees … there would be no World Wide Web. There would be lots of small webs.”

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, on achieving ubiquity through impecunity, CNN.com, 15 June 2004

“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