“We want people … when you say, ‘AOL Time Warner,’ to go, ‘Wow, man, that company is slammin’.'”
AOL Time Warner co-COO Richard Parsons, on safeguarding the company’s reputation as it combines direct marketing with telecom services, News.com, 7 May 2001
“If you think the battle between closed source and open source is interesting, just wait till you see the battle between closed and open services.”
Tim O’Reilly, explaining that in the GNU economy, server administration wants to be free, O’Reilly Network, 4 May 2001
“This viral aspect of the G.P.L. poses a threat to the intellectual property of any organization making use of it.”
Microsoft exec Craig Mundie, griping about the open-source provisions of the General Public License, The New York Times, 3 May 2001
“The Internet is a powerful way to make lots of money. But we are not going to buy Yahoo.”
Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone, who, all things being equal, would rather get his clicks for free, CNNfn, 3 May 2001
“I want to punch CEOs in the face whenever I see them on CNBC talking about shareholder value.”
Stephan Paternot, the plastic-pants-clad, 27-year-old ex-co-CEO of TheGlobe.com, who’s now considering adding value to some benighted firm somewhere in Hollywood, The Wall Street Journal (paid subscription required), 2 May 2001
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