“You don’t hear people complaining about lots of electrical appliances — I think we’re headed toward that world.”
Lew Platt, CEO of Hewlett-Packard, envisioning a world where his company sells lots of digital appliances consumers don’t know how to use, instead of just one monolithic PC they don’t know how to use, News.com, 3 December 1998
“If you look at what other media companies spend, we’re well inside the bell curve.”
Candice Carpenter, CEO of iVillage, giving a one-sided view of her company’s rumored losses, The Industry Standard, 30 November 1998
“You are going to put me in the Windows box. I am not going to do shit for you because I am king of the world. You know, I am AT&T.”
Tom Evslin, then-chief of AT&T’s WorldNet Internet access service, attempting to beat his chest at a meeting with his former employer, Microsoft, ZDNN, 30 November 1998
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