Month: February 2001

“It’s like we’re television programmers who still use black and white because not everybody has a color television set.”

Web Standards Project cofounder Jeffrey Zeldman, explaining that whatever you may have thought, the Web is really about his and his fellow designers’ needs, News.com, 16 February 2001

“Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer.”

Microsoft veep Jim Allchin, who never shared much in kindergarten, either, Bloomberg News, 14 February 2001

“I would expect that my colleagues, like me, will be contacted by the over 50 million Napster fans who oppose the injunction and fear the demise of Napster. This may prompt a legislative response.”

Senator-songwriter Orrin Hatch (R.-Napster), sprinkling fertilizer on the music-sharing service’s grassroots backing, Inside.com, 14 February 2001

“Until today we were perceived to be an incubator. Divine will be perceived by you folks as a software company.”

Divine InterVentures chief Andrew “Flip ‘Em and Forget ‘Em” Filipowski, on the company’s newly defined lack of focus, News.com, 13 February 2001

“We believe that Napster users are not copyright infringers, and we will pursue every legal means to keep Napster operating.”

Napster CEO Hank Barry, on the file-sharing service’s latest legal woes, News.com, 12 February 2001