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“MSN is the only one that stands in the way of Yahoo’s domination.”

Gartner analyst Allen Weiner, on the ten-year-old Microsoft is afraid of, BBC News, 2 March 2005

“We are aggressively investigating the illegal dissemination of information over the Internet of T-Mobile customers’ personal data.”

T-Mobile USA chief operating officer Sue Swenson, on the wireless carrier’s efforts to avoid investigating its own security holes, Wired News, 28 February 2005

“SP 1 is not a current operating system. It doesn’t surprise me that it only took 18 minutes to get infected.”

Microsoft spokesbot Sean Sundwall, declaring his company’s widely installed Windows XP operating system obsolete, Denver Post, 28 February 2005

“If Odeo somehow comes to dominate podcasting, this wouldn’t be the first time Evan Williams ‘took over’ an idea.”

Serial failed entrepreneur Dave Winer, on the heretical notion that any of his ideas could be improved upon, Scripting News, 25 February 2005

“I’m attempting to revisit the idea of arts patronage in the context of the Internet.”

Web designer Jason Kottke, on quitting his job to blog for a living, Red Herring, 23 February 2005