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"

Comments

Linus logic...

[dazza101]

I'm an egotistical bastard, so I name all my projects after myself. First Linux, now git - Linus Torvalds

Using this logic, I wonder what the next Windoze should really be called?

Bill? Nah, thats just boring. Gates? Nah, same deal. BillGates? Doesn't work. Maybe compress it into a funky sounding B-Gates? Perhaps a slight tweak and we have Bates. Of course Bill would be pondering this as he is being worshipped by the admiring VP's - yes Master, of course Master, whatever you wish Master...

So maybe Master Bates would be appropriate?

Re:Rare to get such honesty these days.

[Shky]

Honesty? Then clearly the corporate life has stripped him of any tiny shred of humanity, his viscera replaced with dollar bills and stock market ticker tape, leaving a husk of what used to be a man, now nothing but a symbol of capitalism and consumerism, a terrifying monument to our day and age, and only a message of life and loss (and praying for gains), devoid of what we used to call love. Now affection is measured in dollars and cents, leaving those with any heart left completely incensed at this disgusting display of apathy, complacency, and pure-and-simple greed.

Puke? You make me sick.