The hackers don't want to destroy the network. They want to keep it running, so they can keep making money from it.

First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are investing in areas that actually make business sense.

We had no idea that this would turn into a global and public infrastructure.

On email and the first instance of spam: This is not for advertising! This is for serious work!

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.

So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort.

Today we have 1 billion users on the Net. By 2010 we will have maybe 2 billion.