They Said It, July 2006

Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats. - Howard Aiken

Source: Marc Hedlund

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/03/entrepreneurial_proverbs.html

One of my many mottos of the past is "Only steal from the best." When you use someone else's idea that's the ultimate sign of respect. But it's important to say who you're stealing from, because they're the best, right? - Dave Winer

http://www.scripting.com/2006/03/31.html#When:7:12:08AM

Think about it this way: if the water that’s piped into your house had DRM on it and only allowed you to use it for showers, how would you wash your clothes? If you were only allowed to make ice cubes, how would you make iced tea? If you had to pay $0.99 everytime you wanted a glass of water?

Ideas and hope need to flow like water if a civilization is to continue its ascension toward greatness. Impediments to that flow will stall growth. Fortunately, like a solvent, the culture of open source will continue to expand, will wear away at these impediments, to restore the natural flow of social capital, of ideas, of hope. Those who get this first will rise, and rise quickly.

- Chris Messina

Source: http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/03/18/because-of-open-source/

It's simple. The Internet has won. Why negotiate terms of surrender?

- Bob Frankston

Source: http://www.frankston.com/?name=GettingConnected