I'll say this about Linux: it's the first time I've seen Unix on the right platform.
— Steve Ballmer, Microsoft
No marketing organization can withstand the effects of a community which generates an ever increasing number of effective advocates
— Russ Pavlicek, Compaq
"There's an opportunity for China to play a significant role in the Linux world... That certainly could allow China to take its place on the world stage as a software-producing country."
— Dan Kusnetzky, International Data Corp.
I'm glad IP isn't IP.
— Dan Lynch, in a meeting about the Internet and patents