The best way to generate startup ideas is to do what hackers do for fun: cook up amusing hacks with your friends. - Paul Graham

Source: http://www.paulgraham.com/ideas.html

Whether or not you wish to argue about Freedom to code versus the cost of the software, what a lot of us are worried about is something even more intrinsic to the problem. We're worried about keeping the time that was spent at the front of the creation equation. We should be able to donate that time and not have it used against us later. We should be able to be a part of a community, and that simply means giving some things away. The GPL guarantees that our gifts will have the longevity they deserve. - Paul Ferris

Source: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/47217/index.html

My goal is to do all of the work it takes to be explaining to the Supreme Court in 2025 why broadcasting is unconstitutional." - Eben Moglen

Source: http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/10/18/open-source-software-FCC_cz_df_1018opensource.html

Imagine what's going to happen if a law gets passed saying, in effect "You put something on my computer without my knowledge, and that's breaking and entering."? - Paul Ferris

Source: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/47021/index.html

Some expect the Microsoft Windows* market share, today well in excess of 90 percent worldwide, to erode in the coming years. Market share for Mac OS X* is expected to remain flat and demand for every other non-Microsoft desktop operating system is expected to dwindle. So Linux, already the fastest growing desktop operating system, is poised to continue making desktop inroads.

Mark Stone, Intel

Source: http://www.intel.com/cd/ids/developer/asmo-na/eng/240846.htm, via Tom Adelstein

Every time you blog, God kills a CEO - Saintperle

Source: http://saintperle.blogspot.com/2005/11/once-again-corporate-tough-guys-prove.html