'You don't get anything you don't ask for'

Ihis is an implicit rule - be it any relation, any environment. My previous boss mentioned it explicitly, for which (and for many other things) I respect him highly.

'We Too, We Also, We Copy'

Andy Bramson, referring to a CNET story that Microsoft is getting into voice now: http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/2006/06/we_too_we_also_.html .

That Microsoft copies ideas is well known. This is a nice way to put it :-)

GTalk, GMoney

They say, everything in life is a choice. Well, I think sometimes it's not.

Ask for example, the GTalk folks who are just announced to receive (unconfirmed rumour, via http://gigaom.com/2006/06/22/gtalk-gmoney/) the Google Founder Awards. They're likely to get stock worth 1/2M to 1M. (That's what this particular award is famous for - huge rewards).

If you are a star player, looking for a job, do they leave you a choice now ? If you are a GTalk member, do you have choice? Naaah... :-)

'Pain now or later, in the end someone will sell us what we want to buy.'

Alexander Muse (http://texasvc.weblogswork.com/), on Net Neutrality, arguing that it doesn't matter even if it gets passed in Congress i.e. eventually someone will come along and offer neutral connections, which is what we really want.