Washington Decrees Microsoft Must Sell Software By The Pound, Internet Week, 22 May 2000
Related Topic: Eminent Domain Protections
"What will Janet Reno do after she erects a Berlin Wall across Microsoft's Redmond campus, forcibly separating the application developers from the operating system engineers? ... How do they plan to force Gates to sell half of his enormous holdings without making a mockery of our constitutional protections against takings?"

Cyberspace Jurisprudence: Who Shall Punish Evil?, Internet Week, 1 Feb 1999
"Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig ... is horrified by this rejection of central authority in favor of reliance on the invisible hand. ... who would you rather have write the laws of cyberspace: a club-wielding Harvard professor or you and your peers, voluntarily participating in a journey of discovery?"

The ADA Stalks The Internet: Is Your Web Page Illegal?, Internet Week, 28 Feb 2000
"In a free country, resources would continue to be applied to these challenges in proportion to both the attractiveness of the market and the spirit that motivates acts of charity. ... But who lives in a free country? According to Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, not us."

The Internet and the End of Monetary Sovereignty, The Future of Money in the Information Age, 1997
Related Topic: Money
"Perhaps, for the first time, sovereign individuals will have the tools to construct a practical realization of laissez-faire capitalism without having to resort to a problematic social contract with an all-powerful state ... At the root of this system will be new monetary institutions that must inherently rest on the consent of the participants."

The Role of Venture Capital: Turning Science into Money [PDF], MRS Bulletin, Aug 2002
Related Topic: Entrepreneurship
"In general, venture capitalists look at hundreds of business plans for every one that they finance, so getting their attention is an exercise in itself. ... Start early and be prepared to be turned down many times before you get a nibble. Do your homework and understand the strategy and prior investments of a target venture capitalist before you make your approach."