Author: Alex

“This coming ‘services wave’ will be very disruptive. We have competitors who will seize on these approaches and challenge us.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, preparing his legal arguments for the next antitrust trial, News.com, 8 November 2005

“This is not malware. It’s not spyware. There’s nothing other than pure content protection, which is benign.”

First 4 Internet CEO Matthew Gilliat-Smith, explaining why the DRM software his company provided to Sony uses hacker techniques to hide itself from users, TG Daily, 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)