“I did not want a profession in which a totally subjective evaluation, easily colored by political considerations, could decide the merits of my work.”
Intel CEO, professional paranoiac, and Man of the Year Andy Grove, Time, 29 December 1997
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In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.
LIKE A BULLET THROUGH THE HEART WILL HELP A LAME HORSE
“Even with the power of the Internet search engines today, you could not possibly explore all those sites or even find all the sites that might interest you. A new Internet directory can help.”
Cybercolumnist Joel Smith, missing the obvious killer app for Christmas — a directory to directories — in “Cyberia,” The Detroit News, 22 December 1997
BUT RECOGNIZING A DIPSTICK HELPS IN BOTH CASES
“You cannot look at software code in the same way you look at a car or tank of gas.”
Microsoft überflack Mark Murray, The New York Times, 21 December 1997
THE AVERAGE DEVELOPER WILL SAY THE SAME — WHICH IS BAD
“If you ask the average consumer what Java is, they’ll take a stab at it, they have a rough idea — which is good.”
George Paolini, director of corporate marketing for Sun Microsystems’ JavaSoft Division, on putting Java into the hearts and minds of people who really shouldn’t give a damn about it, ZDNet/ZDNN, 18 December 1997
WHAT’S GOOD FOR MICROSOFT IS GOOD FOR AMERICA
“Indeed, significant segments of the United States economy may be affected by doubt surrounding the release of Windows 98.”
Redmond’s army of lawyers, responding to the Department of Justice’s latest charges of intransigence in a “Motion for Expedited consideration and for an Expedited Briefing Schedule,” Microsoft’s Web site, 16 December 1997
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