Month: November 2005

“We’re not in the business of spamming.”

Friendster spokesman Jeff Roberto, on the social networking site’s efforts to cope with severe loneliness and declining Web traffic by sending out unsolicited emails, News.com, 10 November 2005

“We happen to work in an industry that survives on complexity, address scarcity and insecurity. This is where the margins come from, and we are not innovators in this industry any more.”

Networking researcher Geoff Huston, on why adopting newer, more secure Internet technologies doesn’t pay, Computerworld Australia, 10 November 2005

“This market is in its infancy, and if we can expand our opportunities by being a strong cross-platform provider of world-class smartphone products, then we should do so.”

Palm CEO Ed Colligan, imploring Palm OS programmers not to be disturbed by his company’s recent embrace of Windows Mobile, News.com, 8 November 2005

“This coming ‘services wave’ will be very disruptive. We have competitors who will seize on these approaches and challenge us.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, preparing his legal arguments for the next antitrust trial, News.com, 8 November 2005

“This is not malware. It’s not spyware. There’s nothing other than pure content protection, which is benign.”

First 4 Internet CEO Matthew Gilliat-Smith, explaining why the DRM software his company provided to Sony uses hacker techniques to hide itself from users, TG Daily, 4 November 2005