Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary. Mos Def
So what I was essentially doing was, I compromised the confidentiality of their proprietary software to advance my agenda of becoming the best at breaking through the lock. Kevin Mitnick
There's a big tendency to gravitate toward a closed and proprietary approach too easily. Jimmy Wales
One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary. Jimmy Wales
I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary. Larry Wall
