“What should Sun be saying? The best line that I’ve heard so far came from, of all people, former House speaker Newt Gingrich. He was talking about large information-technology companies and what they need to say to their customers. Gingrich said, ‘The line should be, The Answer to Complexity Is ( Your Company’s Name Here ).’ Complexity is what tears up virtually every large corporate, governmental, and institutional organization.”

“Today’s Wall Street Journal features an article by Stacy Forster about marketers trying to ‘polish spam’s rusty image.’ I’m just astonished by the naivete of the article, and scared that it will send the wrong message to honest marketers.”

“While large players and big media companies act like they are the main reason for the web and Internet and therefore should drive policy decisions, the numbers show that the contributions of the myriad of small players — individuals, non-profits, and small businesses — are crucial to the vitality of the web and its value to people.”

“My first job over here was with a company of 120%-ers. It said so on the web site, without further explanation, as if it were self-evident that employees of a successful startup would work more than humanly possible.”

“Today’s Wall Street Journal features an article by Stacy Forster about marketers trying to ‘polish spam’s rusty image.’ I’m just astonished by the naivete of the article, and scared that it will send the wrong message to honest marketers.”

“As a special service to colleagues interested in consumer research and statistics, TaskZ.com has prepared a list of the top 10 sites dealing with this subject.”

“While large players and big media companies act like they are the main reason for the web and Internet and therefore should drive policy decisions, the numbers show that the contributions of the myriad of small players — individuals, non-profits, and small businesses — are crucial to the vitality of the web and its value to people.”

“Authors of a new report on the perils of open source software are being very closed-mouth about their funding sources. ‘Opening the Open Source Debate,’ a white paper slated to be released Friday by the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, indicates that open-source software is inherently less secure than proprietary software. The report warns governments against relying on open-source software for national security.”

“While large players and big media companies act like they are the main reason for the web and Internet and therefore should drive policy decisions, the numbers show that the contributions of the myriad of small players — individuals, non-profits, and small businesses — are crucial to the vitality of the web and its value to people.”