“For any site that has that viral growth, it is a challenge to stay ahead of the growth.”
Digg founder Kevin Rose, on how the would-be Slashdot rival managed to Slashdot itself, News.com, 4 November 2005
“For any site that has that viral growth, it is a challenge to stay ahead of the growth.”
Digg founder Kevin Rose, on how the would-be Slashdot rival managed to Slashdot itself, News.com, 4 November 2005
“We want a free marketplace, not a black marketplace.”
MPAA CEO Dan Glickman, on lobbying for a broadcast flag to keep consumers from watching television when they actually have time to do so, News.com, 3 November 2005
“The Internet can’t be free … because we and the cable companies have made an investment and for a Google or Yahoo or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes free is nuts!”
SBC CEO Ed Whitacre, on how he expects to get paid twice for the use of his phone lines — once by his customers, and again by any Internet service his customers want to use, BusinessWeek, 7 November 2005 (issue date)
“It’s a revolution in how we think about software. This is a big change for … every part of the ecosystem.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, sympathizing with the dinosaurs as they watched the meteor crash into the Earth, Forbes.com, 1 November 2005
“I have been pleased to see a renewed focus on AOL at Time Warner, and the emergence of so many strategic alternatives.”
Former AOL CEO Steve Case, on stepping down from the board of Time Warner before it decides what to do with the online unit, Los Angeles Times, 31 October 2005