“What if you had a handheld device that cost $100? You could imagine every kid having one.”
Handheld computing impresario Jeff Hawkins, speculating on the possibilities of the youth market, USA Today, 9 December 1998
Month: December 1998
WE WERE JUST KIDDING ABOUT THAT E-BUSINESS STUFF
“Building and managing network services is not our core competency.”
IBM CEO Lou Gerstner, announcing the sale of IBM’s Global Network to AT&T, News.com, 9 December 1998
ACTUALLY, HE’S JUST TRYING TO BEAN YOU
“I think it’s wonderful to be in a position where other people are trying to be you.”
Kay Dangaard, an Amazon.com spokesperson, on the odd David-vs.-Goliath ego battle between Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, The New York Times, 8 December 1998
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IS THEFT
“We built the whole industry around there not being patents.”
Dan Bricklin, inventor of the computer spreadsheet and founder of Trellix, a software startup, commenting on the controversy over Microsoft’s attempt to patent a LCD screen-display technology, The New York Times, 7 December 1998
NOTE TO SELF: TAKE COLD SHOWER AFTER BOARD MEETING
“I get so intellectually stimulated when I get to sit next to senior-level people making changes in how the world operates.”
Jody Peake, cofounder of high-tech PR firm Waggener Edstrom, on why her career makes her feel like a virtual woman, Salon Magazine, 3 December 1998
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