“Windows XP … is the system that my mom deserves.”
Microsoft executive Jim Allchin, revealing that Windows’ user-surly interface is the result of deep-seated family resentments, CNNdotCOM, 17 February 2001
TOTO, I DON’T THINK WE’RE ON AN HTML 4.0-COMPLIANT WEBSITE ANYMORE
“It’s like we’re television programmers who still use black and white because not everybody has a color television set.”
Web Standards Project cofounder Jeffrey Zeldman, explaining that whatever you may have thought, the Web is really about his and his fellow designers’ needs, News.com, 16 February 2001
I AM BECOME LINUX, THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS
“Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer.”
Microsoft veep Jim Allchin, who never shared much in kindergarten, either, Bloomberg News, 14 February 2001
IF NOTHING ELSE, WE’LL PASS AN ANTI-SPAM BILL
“I would expect that my colleagues, like me, will be contacted by the over 50 million Napster fans who oppose the injunction and fear the demise of Napster. This may prompt a legislative response.”
Senator-songwriter Orrin Hatch (R.-Napster), sprinkling fertilizer on the music-sharing service’s grassroots backing, Inside.com, 14 February 2001
I’M TESTING YOUR DEATH PERCEPTION
“Until today we were perceived to be an incubator. Divine will be perceived by you folks as a software company.”
Divine InterVentures chief Andrew “Flip ‘Em and Forget ‘Em” Filipowski, on the company’s newly defined lack of focus, News.com, 13 February 2001
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