“Really, the reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that’s identical with millions and millions of machines.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on how he takes full credit for creating his own worst nightmare, Seattle Times, 8 November 2001
“I think Linus shouldn’t have switched VM code in a stable release, but having done so, there wasn’t any point undoing it.”
Linux developer Alan Cox, on resolving an obscure programming dispute with Linus Torvalds, eWeek, 6 November 2001
“We are extremely supportive of music fans turning each other on to new videos in a secure environment.”
EMI new-media exec Ted Cohen, on his company’s view of file-sharing networks, Wired News, 6 November 2001
“My e-book, ‘God’s Debris,’ is the No. 1 best-selling e-book in the world this year. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it sold only 4,500 copies.”
Dilbert creator Scott Adams, on e-publishing and the discovery that “debris” does not, but ought to, rhyme with “hubris,” The New York Times, 5 November 2001
“Ultimately, the big takeaway from this is that there is no evidence that anyone has ever taken advantage of this.”
Microsoft spokesman Adam Sohn, on a bleedingly obvious security hole in the software company’s Passport technology that could have exposed users’ credit-card numbers, ZDNN, 2 November 2001
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