Month: April 1999

“Stickiness is not a measure of efficiency — it’s a measure of how engaging you are.”

NetRatings analyst Peggy O’Neill, on how adding new calendaring features will help Net users get dates, News.com, 30 April 1999

“This is an attempt by Caldera to rewrite the history of the high-tech industry by pasting together these handpicked excerpts.”

Microsoft spokesperson Mark Murray, contesting Caldera’s attempt to embrace and extend Microsoft’s PR strategy, The New York Times, 29 April 1999

“Whenever a new form of evil extrudes into American society, demands for Internet regulation seem to arrive faster than a greyhound on crack.”

Wired News correspondent Declan McCullagh, apparently making an argument for limiting the availability of hard drugs to canines on the Net, Wired News, 27 April 1999

“The biggest trend is stickiness. Sticky Web sites, sticky games, sticky mail lists and, hopefully, sticky revenue.”

Garage.com opener Guy Kawasaki, prognosticating on the future of the Net, The industry Standard, 26 April 1999

“There’s more to be gotten from the popularity of music on the Net than just the dollar.”

Musician and digital music startup guy Thomas Dolby Robertson, on the need for multiple revenue streams from music online, Wired News, 26 April 1999

“This strategy is not just another company trying to add a ‘dot com’ to its name.”

Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz, on his company’s plans to invest millions in an Internet venture unrelated to coffee, News.com, 23 April 1999

“What I want to see in a few years is that when people go into a computer store, they at least have to think about what kind of operating system they want to have on their computer.”

Linus Torvalds, inventor of the freeware Linux operating system, envisioning a future where buying a computer is even more confusing than it is today, Time Digital Daily, 22 April 1999