Month: September 1999

“This is a new game, and we’ll be in a position to continually define the rules.”

eCoverage president David Riker, presenting his online insurance company as the latest piece of evidence that the Internet revolution is well into its reactionary phase, PC World Online, 16 September 1999

“If you wait to have a business model in place, you’ll be the last guy in the marketplace.”

Microsoft president Steve Ballmer, on how his company plans to translate its seat-of-the-pants product strategy from Windows to the Web, The New York Times, 14 September 1999

“The reason the Palm is so successful is the simplicity of using them. They kind of just work.”

Handspring cofounder and PalmPilot inventor Jeff Hawkins, on the almost-there design esthetic of his handheld offspring, CNN, 13 September 1999

“Palm has reached a critical mass.”

3Com CEO Eric Benhamou, explaining why he wants to hand off Palm Computing’s explosive potential to the public as soon as possible (and before it gets nuked by Handspring’s new Visor), Wired News, 13 September 1999

“Marc[‘s] … presence in the Valley and his strategic insights will be continuing strengths for AOL.”

America Online CEO Steve Case, on the resignation of Netscape cofounder Marc Andreessen as AOL’s chief technology officer, ZDNN, 10 September 1999