"Hardware glitches and unpolished apps are less important to me than the comparisons between the respective platforms. The former issues will take care of themselves. What will be interesting to watch now is the frequency of Android/iPhone OS releases and the improvements contained in those OS releases. Can Apple compete against a whole industry not only on the hardware side as they have had to do with desktop PC manufacturers but also compete with a whole industry on the software side, something they did not have to do with Windows which is also controlled by a single company."
- scott anderson
"One thing we have got to change in our strategy - allowing Office documents to be rendered very well by other peoples browsers is one of the most destructive things we could do to the company. We have to stop putting any effort into this and make sure that Office documents very well depends on PROPRIETARY IE capabilities." - Bill Gates (Dec 1998)
- scott anderson
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"The latest face-off is scheduled for Wednesday, when Iran commemorates the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover by radical students. In an ironic twist, however, instead of the traditional festival of America-bashing, students across the country are being summoned to mark the event with a protest against their own government."
- scott anderson
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