2006: The IT year in quotes
This year in IT has been anything but dull as industry titans Bill Gates and Scott McNealy prepared to exit stage right, long-time bitter foes Novell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. cuddled up and Hewlett-Packard Co. saw a spying scandal shred its reputation.
There was plenty of commentary to accompany all that activity, so let's check out some of the most quote-worthy artifacts of the past year.
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"I'm thrilled not to have to be CEO anymore. That was a temporary thing that I took on about 22 years ago." -- Scott McNealy on handing over Sun Microsystems Inc. chief executive officer (CEO) honors to ponytailed whippersnapper President Jonathan Schwartz. McNealy appeared upbeat despite having failed to fully reverse the company's poor financial performance. (May 19).
"The world has had a tendency to focus a disproportionate amount of attention on me." -- Bill Gates, claiming he won't be missed all that much as he steps away from his daily chief software architect role at Microsoft come July 2008 to focus on his charity organization. Gates will remain as company chairman "indefinitely." (June 15).
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