#12 Michael Dell Thinks Differently About Apple

Quote: "What would I do? I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders."

Date: October 1997

When Dell's CEO and founder was asked what would he do if he is in charge of Apple Inc he said above quoted lines. Apple's investors, till this day are very thankful that the Apple board never took heed to Dell's words.

# 11 Sony Wants Gamers To Slave For Overpriced Console

Quote: "We want consumers to think to themselves 'I will work more hours to buy one'."

Date: 7/8/2005

Former Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Ken Kutaragi said the above quoted lines on Japanese economic web site Toyo Keizai about the company's goals of convincing gamers to spend $1,000 on the PlayStation 3 by brainwashing them into doing overtime at their nine-to-fives. However even at the launch price of $600 nobody seemed frenzy to grab PS 3.

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