I FOUGHT THE LAW AND THE LAW MADE ME SIT DOWN AND WATCH AN

“Lawsuits are an important part of the larger strategy to educate file sharers about the law.”

RIAA president Cary Sherman, on the music industry’s insidious new plan to bore fans to death, News.com, 23 March 2004

PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE OS BEHIND THE CURTAIN

“This year, BrainShare don’t do no stinkin’ Windows!”

Novell CEO Jack Messman, promising a Microsoft-free conference to a Linux-addled crowd (and hoping they’d ignore the dozen Windows XP machines in the press room), Computerworld, 22 March 2004

THAT EXPLAINS THE GEIGER COUNTER SPAM

“Antivirus technology development is now a radioactive no-man’s land.”

Cybersecurity consultant George Smith, on the feeble state of most antivirus software,Wired News, 18 March 2004

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WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO NEEDS OPERATING SYSTEMS?

“Is Microsoft happy that we’re doing Linux stuff? Absolutely not.”

Hewlett-Packard executive Martin Fink, on selling Linux PCs in Asia, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 March 2004