As happens every year, Light Reading's 2007 industry coverage produced a bounteous harvest of colorful comments and curious quips. The cream o' the crop is listed below in no particular order, conveniently arrayed as a quiz-type thing, for your holiday enjoyment. Test yourself against your friends, if you have any. THERE ARE NO PRIZES!
1) "We are Switzerland with a very powerful army."
John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems
2) "We didn't get to where we are by being wimps."
Steve Workman, CFO, Finisar
3) "I can't get anybody to give me a rational explanation, or even an irrational explanation."
Eric Buck, Analyst, Brean Murray & Co.
4) "It's not that we want to be civilly disobedient. We just don't have any other choice."
Bill Bauer, CEO, WinDBreak Cable
5) "We're not going to do anything stupid."
Glenn Britt, President & CEO, Time Warner Cable
6) "Lumpiness is not abnormal."
Simon Leopold, Morgan Keegan & Co.
7) "I want to get bored a little."
Georgio Anania, Ex-CEO, Bookham
8) "The iPhone is a fashion item... This will be a good Christmas for everyone."
Ben Wood, Director, CCS Insight
9) "Bull@#%!"
Greg Casey, Former Qwest Exec
10) "Jesus Christ, this will never end."
Richard Currie, Chairman, BCE
11) "Happy New Year!"