ALLONS, ENFANTS DE LA TCP/IP

“Unlike the French Revolution, the Internet revolution has lots of liberty, some fraternity and no equality.”

United Nations undersecretary-general Shashi Tharoor, on how the digital divide can be bridged with just a wee bit more brotherhood, The New York Times, 15 December 2003

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE SOURCE

“Over the last four years, we increased our business focus in the platforms group…. For quite some time, Brian Valentine and I have been discussing how to achieve more engineering focus in the organization.”

Microsoft executive Jim Allchin, on putting a coder back in charge of Windows, Computer Reseller News, 15 December 2003