“I want to make sure (a user) can’t get through … an online experience without hitting a Microsoft ad.”
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, on his media strategy of saturation-bombing Internet users into submission, InformationWeek, 25 March 2004
Month: March 2004
THE NEWEST PROFESSION
“To be accused of being a whore is one thing, but to be accused of being a weblogger is actionable.”
Tech journalist Andrew Orlowski, on being accused of posing as a prostitute online, The Register, 21 March 2004
I FOUGHT THE LAW AND THE LAW MADE ME SIT DOWN AND WATCH AN
“Lawsuits are an important part of the larger strategy to educate file sharers about the law.”
RIAA president Cary Sherman, on the music industry’s insidious new plan to bore fans to death, News.com, 23 March 2004
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE OS BEHIND THE CURTAIN
“This year, BrainShare don’t do no stinkin’ Windows!”
Novell CEO Jack Messman, promising a Microsoft-free conference to a Linux-addled crowd (and hoping they’d ignore the dozen Windows XP machines in the press room), Computerworld, 22 March 2004
SPAM ME ONCE, SHAME ON YOU
“We hope spammers are thinking twice before hitting the send button.”
America Online spokesman Nicholas Graham, on hopes of litigating spammers away, News.com, 18 March 2004
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