Month: July 1997

“If Network Solutions gets me, I’m going to become a bigger martyr than Phil Zimmermann.”

Eugene Kashpureff on AlterNIC‘s DNS hack on the InterNIC, Wired News, 16 July 1997

“We will only ship products after our testers tell us they’re happy with it.”

Adam Taylor, Windows group product manager, on possible delays to the new Memphis OS from Microsoft, News.com, 15 July 1997

“We’re not trying to stop free speech. We’re trying to stop a kid that legitimately is trying to find something about the shuttle or Mir or Mars from being exposed to pornographic material.”

Alan Kennedy, director of the patent infringement division at NASA, on the agency’s request to the InterNIC to shut down potentially misleading sex site nasa.com, New York Times CyberTimes, 15 July 1997

“We’ve gotten the cost of missions down into the same ballpark as making a major movie.”

David Morrison, director of space at NASA’s Ames Research Center, on the Pathfinder mission, San Jose Mercury News, 13 July 1997

“We are not changing strategy. There’s an evolving nature of what’s out there on the Web. The strategy is evolving.”

Jeff Sanderson, general marketing manager of MSN, on the online service’s changes in lineup, News.com, 10 July 1997