SOMETIMES A LOGON IS JUST A LOGON

“It’s like with President Clinton. It depends on how you define ‘access.'”

Steve Dougherty, director of operations for Internet service provider, EarthLink, on the fine print of his company’s promise of “unlimited access,” The New York Times, 27 January 1999

TIME TO GET SCHOOLED

“This is like running the college paper, when everyone read you to find out if class was canceled. It’s been a long time since I’ve found readers so enmeshed in everything that we do.”

Marketwatch.com CEO Larry Kramer, commenting on his readership’s obsessive need to make sure the Internet-stock boom is still in session, The New York Times, 25 January 1999