THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL MY CUSTOMERS MAKES ME STRONGER

“To say a system is secure because no one is attacking it is very dangerous.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on the upside of the flood of viruses his software has enabled, News.com, 27 January 2004

I DON’T GET PISSED OFF FOR LESS THAN $100,000 A YEAR

“Imagine what it took for Microsoft to piss off so many people that they’re all willing to work night and day without pay just to bring that company down.”

Bruce Perens, the open-source activist who tried and failed to bring Microsoft down while getting a regular paycheck from Hewlett-Packard, ZDNet, 23 January 2004