IT’S A HUG, NOT A FEATURE

“We have not blown off IE at all. We care deeply about this market. It’s supercritical.”

Microsoft executive Michael Wallent, whose team cares so deeply about Internet Explorer it hasn’t released a new version in three years, News.com, 30 September 2004

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, YOU’RE GONNA PAY

“If you … get service from a traditional phone company, you have a phone number, you pay. If you have a voice over IP service from your cable company, you pay. If you have a wireless service, but you have a phone number, you pay.”

FCC policy wonk Robert Pepper, laying out plans for revamping phone taxes, News.com, 30 September 2004