“I decided to make this change as part of enhancing our management team.”
Symantec ex-CEO-to-be Gordon Eubanks, on his plans to contribute to the team by getting the hell out of the way, News.com, 22 January 1999
Month: January 1999
YOUR CAT HAS AN ID CHIP — DON’T YOU WANT ONE, TOO?
“Security is inherently good, but at the cost of some privacy.”
Intel spokesperson Howard High, on the social engineering tradeoffs the chipmaker introduced in its new processor ID technology, ZDNN, 21 January 1999
I HAVE A LIST OF SUSPECTED ANTI-CRYPTOGRAPHY ACTIVISTS IN THE FBI
“Louis Freeh is a national security threat.”
Sun chief scientist John Gage, decrying the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his opposition to widely distributed encryption software, The New York Times, 20 January 1999
TOO BAD REACH ALWAYS EXCEEDS GRASP
“This lets us reach users across all bands and all devices.”
Excite CEO George Bell, on his company’s $6.7 billion merger with cable modem frosting provider @Home, Wired News, 19 January 1999
IF YOU’RE NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM, YOU’RE PART OF THE SOLUTIONS PROVIDER
“We’ve often said that public-key cryptography is a solution looking for a problem. We think e-commerce is the problem.”
RSA Data Security president Jim Bidzos, preaching to the choir at his company’s 8th annual conference in San Jose, 18 January 1999
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