The 2005 IT Year In Quotes

PCM2 writes "InfoWorld is carrying a news story that sums up the year in quotes from IT executives. Lots of fun stuff to be had here, including former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers: 'I know what I don't know, and to this day I don't know technology and I don't know accounting and finance.' Also: 'We have so many rivals it's frightening. The week after next I will meet Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and I will [shake hands and]look down and see if I still have a hand.' - Sony's Stringer"

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Here's one from drewzhrodague

[drewzhrodague]

Here's one from me, I came-up with this pretty much on the fly, but I guess it was in response to someone's question in a conversation: Vacation is the distance between jobs.

My 2005 IT Quote of the Year

[rampant mac]

Secretary sitting outside Balmer's Office...

*sound of chair hitting the wall*

"What the FUCK was that?"

"Screw the nano."

[plover]

"Screw the nano. What the hell does the nano do? Who listens to 1,000 songs?" -- Motorola's Zander letting his real feelings show about Apple Computer (Profile, Products, Articles) Inc.'s music player, which overshadowed Motorola's new Rokr phone during a product launch. (Sept. 23.)

He's right! 640 songs ought to be enough for anyone!

And in other quotes:

[Anonymous Coward]

'The week after next we will meet Sony's Stringer and we will [shake hands and] look down and see if he surreptitiously sticks something up our asses.' - Bill Gates and Steve Jobs

Re:Linus logic...

[Anonymous Coward]

Gates was following Linus' logic when he named his company Microsoft.

I'll be here all week, folks.

Developer comment...

[__aaclcg7560]

A developer once said: "I have no idea what the probelm is, but whatever it was is now fixed."

Which kinda reminds of the line from the remake of The Thing: "I don't know what that was, but it's weird and it's pissed off."

How about this one....

[8127972]

"I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life." - Steve Ballmer at Gartner's Symposium/ITxpo, 10/20/05

I guess he means that he's dishonestly thown a chair.

Re:How about this one....

[StarkRG]

"Alright, I won't toss this chair at you, I was just faking you out. No, really, I don't throw chairs, it's just a roumor. You can come out from behind that wet bar, seriously, I'm not going to hurt you..." *crash* "Ha! Gotcha!"

What do you know?

[ezratrumpet]

"I know what I don't know, and to this day I don't know technology and I don't know accounting and finance." -- Bernie Ebbers, former WorldCom Inc. CEO, speaking in his defense, yes, you've got that right, in his defense during the WorldCom fraud trial.

So, to become a CEO of a major communications company, you need not know technology, accounting, or finance. Did the board of directors just need a really good shortstop for the annual softball game against the engineers?

Re:ESR such a dolt

[kfg]

But ESR, put a cork in him please.

Careful dude, or he might get to feeling like putting a lead cork in you.

You probably just shouldn't pay much attention to those "three letter" people anyway.

KFG

Re:ESR such a dolt

[Dr. Photo]

"You probably just shouldn't pay much attention to those "three letter" people anyway.

KFG"

Heh, heh, heh.

Slightly OT, but... Every time I see the nick "kfg", I think it must mean "Kentucky Fried Goat". And that makes me smile. :)

Re:ESR such a dolt

[kfg]

Every time I see the nick "kfg", I think it must mean "Kentucky Fried Goat".

One of these days I'm really going to have to have a talk with my mother about that one.

KFG