Month: June 1997

“The problem with the Internet is that it is really not a consumer product.”

CNET CEO Halsey Minor, New York Times CyberTimes, 23 June 1997

“I hope you will think about how to keep the virtual world a reasonably fear-free place.”

John Perry Barlow, speaking at “Where Will You Be,” a benefit presented by the EFF, 19 June 1997

“Our point is that you don’t need any standards. Why do you need a standard? It works fine the way it is.”

Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale, interviewed in Infoworld, 16 June 1997

“The new pragmatism means employees and companies, like lovers who want to remain friends after breaking up, tell each other nicely when it’s no longer working out.”

Miranda Ewell, writing in the San Jose Mercury News, 17 June 1997

“Computers used to be a geeky thing, but these days a lot of college girls are buying computers and surfing the net. It’s real fun.”

Self-described “otaku” Masakazu Kobayashi, Wall Street Journal, page R14, 16 June 1997