Month: November 2005

“It’s every child in the world whether they want one or not.”

One Laptop Per Child impresario Nicholas Negroponte, on his plan to make computers uncool with kids once and for all, Wired News, 18 November 2005

“Our value is lessened by the fact that we cannot protect the written word from rampant copying.”

Print pundit John Dvorak, complaining that the Internet means that he’s not overpaid as much as filmmakers or musicians, MarketWatch, 17 November 2005

“We thought there was an opportunity in a more general way for anybody to make content available to us.”

Google executive Salar Kamangar, on launching a new product to soak up even more content, San Jose Mercury News, 15 November 2005

“Everybody has the positive association with the word ‘Borland’ and the company. But not a lot of people are up to speed on what is the current strategy.”

Borland CEO Tod Nielsen, on milking the company’s residual brand equity for everything it’s worth, News.com, 14 November 2005

“Now, it seems that you’re in grave danger of being stalked on the Internet by a philosophical assassin.”

Former New York Times food critic William Grimes, on the heretical notion of people actually reading and responding to one’s writings, USA Today, 12 November 2005