There is nothing more mine than my writing, nothing I'm more proprietary about.
As the web becomes more and more of a part of our every day lives, it would be a horrible tragedy if it was locked up inside of companies and proprietary software.
Now, if someone tries to monopolize the Web, for example pushes proprietary variations on network protocols, then that would make me unhappy.
At about five I knew I was going to be an architect because my mother had studied architecture. I thought it was women's work. I had a proprietary feeling about architecture. I could own it because my mother owned it.
I do find it sometimes that people project their own feelings on to the characters and I think that there is a certain amount of sexism - I mean the proprietary nature, for men and women.
Equally, the Internet interprets attempts at proprietary control as threats and mobilizes to defeat them.
You’re not the only one who can get possessive. I’m very proprietary about what’s mine.
It's a proprietary strategy. I can't go into it in great detail.
I think we should be clear: Companies will still need software that furthers their corporate goals and even gives them competitive advantage. That would be purchased and developed, if necessary, in house, or on a proprietary basis. But it needs to run on the company's computer system eventually, and its perfectly possible that systemnetwork can be "rented out" from a utility.
Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.
