• On CHOW: Why does asparagus make your pee smell?
June 2, 2008 9:13 AM PDT

Memorable quotes from D6

by Dan Farber

The witty John Paczkowski has come up with his list of the best quotes from the D6 conference. (See our full coverage here)

Following is a small sample:

"Guys like us avoid monopolies. We like to compete."--Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates

You would have loved Windows 1.0, Walt. You would have LOVED it.--Steve Ballmer

(Credit: Dan Farber)

"AOL is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Web. We don't get no respect."--Jeff Bewkes, president and CEO, Time Warner

"I didn't leave business school to go bankrupt."--Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on his first days at Microsoft

"Hollywood is a community that's so inbred, it's a wonder the children have any teeth."--Barry Diller, chairman and CEO, IAC

See all quotes

Dan Farber is editor in chief of CBS Interactive News, which includes CBSNews.com and CNET News. He has more than 25 years of experience as an editor and journalist covering technology. E-mail Dan.

Recent posts from Outside the Lines
Track business executives' tweets with ExecTweets
Wolfram Alpha: Next major search breakthrough?
Microsoft's Live Mesh top innovation at the Crunchies
Macintosh at 25: Still the innovation leader
Print news is fading, but the content lives on
More speculation on Yahoo's CEO choices
Google's 2008 Zeitgeist lists of most popular searches
The information flow from Mumbai
advertisement

As alternative energy grows, NIMBY greens

With more renewable energy projects trying to come online, the country grapples with the balance between local land use and a national push for clean energy.

Google to remake programming with Go

A Unix co-creator is among those behind a language Google hopes will speed computers and programming. Today, Go becomes open-source software.

About Outside the Lines

Dan Farber is the editor in chief of CNET News. He has covered technology for more than two decades, and he previously served as editor in chief of ZDNet, PC Week and MacWeek. Outside the Lines explores the intersection of business and technology.

Add this feed to your online news reader

Outside the Lines topics

Subscribe to the EIC² podcast

Editors Dan Farber of News.com and Larry Dignan of ZDNet, square off in EIC² in this weekly podcast. The two editor in chiefs talk about the big tech stories of the day and provide insight and analysis.

Subscribe to this podcast using an RSS reader other than iTunes

Subscribe to this podcast using iTunes

advertisement
advertisement

Inside CNET News

Scroll Left Scroll Right