NOW, THAT’S EVANGELISM

“Promoting spirituality is not something we normally have the opportunity to do.”

CKS creative director Mark Frankel, who’s obviously never been to Macworld Expo, on his agency’s work for the Billy Graham Crusade, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 8 September 1997

SLOW DOWN, I WANT TO TAKE NOTES

“This is a derivative medium. We all steal each other’s ideas.”

MSNBC editor-in-chief Merrill Brown, on a recent redesign that sought to make the site more distinctive, Wired News, 5 September 1997

IT’S THE REAL (PROPRIETARY) THING

“It’s like Coca-Cola. No one has ever known the exact mix outside the company.”

Michael Barclay, a Wilson Sonsini patent partner, on Intel’s plans to make its new chip-plug design a trade secret, News.com, 4 September 1997

INSTANT COMMUNITY, JUST ADD E-COMMERCE

“Netscape is creating the highest-value, commerce-enabled community on the Net.”

Mike Homer, Netscape’s excutive VP of sales and marketing, on his company’s plan to relaunch the Netscape home page as a value-added “Netcenter,” Wired News, 3 September 1997

FORGET BREAD AND CIRCUSES; GIVE ‘EM CYBERCASH AND NET PORN

“The Internet is a challenge to the sovereignty of civilized states and nations to decide what is appropriate and decent behavior.”

Representative Bob Goodlatte (R.-Va.), MSNBC, 2 September 1997