“There’s a relationship between real-life economies and a virtual economy. I happen to believe that these virtual economies are very real, serious economies.”
Ken Selden, screenwriter turned chief “economist” of Internet Gaming Entertainment, on trading virtual goods from online role-playing games for real money, Wired News, 7 April 2004
“We now have the option to grow our audiences beyond [AOL] onto the open Web.”
America Online executive Jim Bankoff, preparing for the ever-closer day when his company’s subscriber count hits zero, 8 April 2004
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2004-04-08-aol-strategy-shift_x.htm
“Microsoft has their targets set on Lindows because we are a desktop company.”
Domain-name speculator Michael Robertson, who remains shocked, shocked that his rhymes-with-Windows product bothers Microsoft, Lindows.com, 6 April 2004
“I really think that if Jesus were around today, he would have a blog.”
Wired and Ditherati contributor Paul Boutin, tactfully sidestepping the inevitable RSS-versus-Atom schism, Fox News, 6 April 2004
“The temporary nature of the FlashMob ad hoc supercomputing is that you can put it together whenever you need one.”
University of San Francisco lecturer Pat Miller, whose slapped- together cluster failed to hit the top-500 supercomputer list, Wired News, 5 April 2004
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