HOLLYWOOD’S CHAUFFEUR

“I see us as a 21st-century tech company that drives media.”

Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, on what his company is doing down in Santa Monica, Jeffrey McManus’s blog, 6 October 2005

http://mcmanus.typepad.com/grind/2005/10/terry_semel_at_.html

DOWNLOWBROW

“We took a conscious decision not to go to the theatres as the movie was done mostly on a voluntary basis.”

Finnish filmmaker Timo Vuorensola, on giving away a product for free on the Internet that he’d never be able to charge for anyway, Sify News, 5 October 2005

THE SEARCH BOX IS THE COMPUTER

“We’re talking about putting our assets together so we can leverage each other’s distribution.”

Sun Microsystems president Jonathan Schwartz, on suckering Google into an “I’ll-give-away-yours-if-you-give-away-mine” software distribution deal, News.com, 4 October 2005

WE’LL MAKE IT UP IN VOLUMES

“I like to think that even if we make some really bad choices and go down some bad paths, we’ll eventually emerge from it.”

Software manual publisher Tim O’Reilly, on his dream of getting $45 for a JavaScript wiki, Wired magazine, October 2005

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.10/oreilly.html

STALK IS CHEAP

“Ten years ago, the idea of dating people you met off your computer was ridiculous, but now it’s commonplace.”

Meetroduction CEO Paul Bragiel, on making it easier to meet the neighbors you’ve been purposely avoiding, Wired News, 29 September 2005