NASSSSTY LAWYERSES

“The world has sprung very nasty threats on us and our software.”

Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman, on protecting his precious code from meddling digital rights management installers, Wired News, 16 January 2006

YOU WANT A PIECE OF THIS?

“Unlike the computer, or a magazine or television, the phone is a piece of you.”

Visa executive Jon Raj, on making sure advertisements are everywhere you want to be, too, The New York TImes, 16 January 2006

A VASTER WASTELAND

“The TV, as you and I have grown up with it, is not going to be the TV that the next generation of kids grows up with.”

Intel executive Anand Chandrasekher, on pushing chips into the boob tube, News.com, 12 January 2006

AND YOU WONDER WHY STEVE SCREENS YOUR CALLS, SCOTT?

“Your iPod is like your home answering machine. It’s a temporary thing.”

Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, claiming he doesn’t have time to listen to his iPod, News.com, 12 January 2006

DAIRY TO BE DIFFERENT

“It scrolls like butter.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, spreading himself thin in the search for a metaphor to describe his company’s new photo software, Ars Technica, 10 January 2006