Month: February 1998

“I think we have proven over time that acquisitions are a core competency of ours.”

John Sidgmore, chief operating officer of MCI/WorldCom/MFS/UUNet, on his company’s growth-for-growth’s-sake philosophy, News.com, 4 February 1998

“Fundamentally, it’s an instinct thing. CNET’s reputation is that ‘this is where it’s at.’ And that’s the kind of company we want to be with.”

Michael Bloomberg, founder and CEO of the Bloomberg financial media empire and noted hepcat, explaining what he values in a media partner, Wired News, 4 February 1998

“The most interesting question is not whether we have chaos on the Internet, but where order will come from — the top down or the bottom up.”

David Johnson, director of the Aspen Institute’s Internet policy project, on the various schemes to rework the Net’s domain names to include the ever-so-useful and globally conscious .firm, .store, and .web hierarchies, Salon Magazine, 3 February 1998

“We think this is the next generation of targeting. It’s nirvana for direct marketers to know how people spend their time online.”

Paul Schaut, CEO and President of Engage Technology, a Web usage-tracking outfit that plans to sell users’ browser trails to the highest bidder, ZDNN, 2 February 1998

“He’s been able to kind of take the metaphor of Silicon Valley and extend it across the country.”

Don Gips, chief domestic policy advisor for Vice President Al Gore, on his boss’s contribution to modern political tropes, Wired News, 30 January 1998