“In the last four years we’ve recovered our soul to a large extent.”
Kevin Browne, general manager of Microsoft’s Mac-software business unit, on avoiding spiritual margin calls on his karmic brokerage account, ZDNN, 7 May 2001
Author: Matt
In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.
IT WASN’T A MERGER, IT WAS HIP REPLACEMENT
“We want people … when you say, ‘AOL Time Warner,’ to go, ‘Wow, man, that company is slammin’.'”
AOL Time Warner co-COO Richard Parsons, on safeguarding the company’s reputation as it combines direct marketing with telecom services, News.com, 7 May 2001
OPEN MOUTH, INSERT TIP
“If you think the battle between closed source and open source is interesting, just wait till you see the battle between closed and open services.”
Tim O’Reilly, explaining that in the GNU economy, server administration wants to be free, O’Reilly Network, 4 May 2001
ALL YOUR CODE BASE ARE BELONG TO US
“This viral aspect of the G.P.L. poses a threat to the intellectual property of any organization making use of it.”
Microsoft exec Craig Mundie, griping about the open-source provisions of the General Public License, The New York Times, 3 May 2001
THAT AIN’T WORKIN’
“The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money. But we are not going to buy Yahoo.”
Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone, who, all things being equal, would rather get his clicks for free, CNNfn, 3 May 2001
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