To be a hacker - when I use the term - is somebody who is creative and does wonderful things.

Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.

If I had taken a proprietary control of the Web, then it would never have taken off. People only committed their time to it because they knew it was open, shared: that they could help decide what would happen to it next.. and I wouldn't be raking off 10%!

We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities.

Any good software engineer will tell you that a compiler and an interpreter are interchangeable.

A hacker to me is someone creative who does wonderful things.

As more and more people awaken to the threats against our basic rights online, we must start a debate - everywhere - about the web we want.