“The thing with Linux today — I call it the bathtub. I can throw source in there. It’s all floating around and it’s available to everybody.”
Sun president Ed Zander, failing to see the bazaar for the cathedral, News.com, 27 November 2000
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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.
SILICON VALLEY’S PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE, REVEALED
“We constructed a company that worked on technology and spun out companies to make products based on that technology. Then those companies can go public and Packet Design employees can benefit…. It kind of allowed us to be a perpetual start-up.”
Packet Design CEO Judy Estrin, spinning her non-incubator incubator for financial consumption, News.com, 24 November 2000
NO REST FOR THE MANAGEMENT
“Everyone in this company is an owner. We don’t need unions in Amazon.com.”
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, hinting to his restive, organizing employees that a holiday strike would put their options even deeper under water, The New York Times, 23 November 2000
WHEN YOU SAY “SIX NINES,” I’M THINKING ABOUT MY CREDIT CARD STATEMENT
“Whether it’s online or on the street, it’s all the same. If it goes to its logical extreme, the holidays will stretch through the year, and there will be a shopping frenzy 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.”
Tom Lacias, an Adbusters campaign manager, on the credit-limitless future of e-commerce, Wired News, 22 November 2000
NOBODY TELL HIM WE MOVED THE GOALPOSTS
“We have a viable business model. The only question is whether we will have access to capital to get us the last five yards.”
Send.com CEO Mike Lannon, inviting investors to kick in more cash, The New York Times, 21 November 2000
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