If this new building entrance does not attract some new game programmers, nothing will.
Toby Fredrickson, Xilinx

Well, they finally flew around the world in a balloon, but this will be the first one to walk around the world.
John Warren

Bill Gates' worst nightmare: Children happily engaged in outdoor physical activities on equipment that is not even controlled by a PC.
Mike Sweeney, VLSI Technology

Warning! One of the software bugs has escaped!
Team EETnet: Don Swaab, and Jim Randazzo, Inrange Technologies

The problem of high capital investment involved with building a new fab has now been solved with the introduction of portable clean rooms.
Jon Sawyer, Honeywell Solid State Electronics Center

Secret test of new logo for Microsoft's reinvention of itself as a Linux company.
Reno Rossetti, Fairchild Semi

Microsoft Bob, next up on "Where Are They Now."
Dean Hall, Kansas State University

"O.K., try to get another one past me," said Humanoid Virus Scanner #Lim-n8.
Perry Spooner, EMCEE Broadcast Products, White Haven, Pa.

Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.
Jack Runyon, Point Research Corp.

Sure it's a revolutionary step in die packaging, but don't you worry that the long leads will cause excessive ground bounce?
Bill Akstens, TRW, Redondo Beach, Calif.

You can inflate vaporware with hot air to look big and powerful-but it's still vaporware.
David C. Barber, Working Software Consultant

Government intrusion
detection system.
Joseph M. Kusmiss, Mitre Corp.

Circa 2003: Heat sink for the Pentium 7.
Johnny Ancich, Dalsa Inc.

Trust us: The air defense system may have a few holes, but the concept is rock-solid.
Jerry Comer, RSI Universal, Antennas Division

He decided to take a floating holiday.
Team EETnet, Ditto

Bolstered by its success with the iMac computer, Apple takes another novel approach in packaging its server line.
David L. Williams, Integrated Measurement Systems Inc.

Hey, wait a second-this isn't the Windows 2000 that I saw in the demo!
Mark Klemkosky, Senior Engineer, Intel Corp.

The faithful come to see the Top Hat Transistor Shrine.
"Luckie" Lyon, Chief Metrologist, Northrop Grumman (ACS)

The product is irrelevant. If the hype is overinflated, it will be ignored.
Ken Giesbers, Boeing Co.

Now that Red Hat Linux has started turning heads, nobody notices me, Yellow Hat Linux, anymore!
Frank Swanson, HAL Computer Systems

What they don't teach you in Project Management 101: After too many late nights in the lab, too many bags of microwave popcorn and too many Jolt colas, the software team may develop a surreal view of their fearless leader.
Arnie Berger, Applied Microsystems Corp.

Help! Please look for my contact! This bionic technology sure has me wishing I had at least one hand and not so many legs! But the extra brain case looks great, doesn't it?
Michael Cook, Rockwell Collins Inc.

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