Month: January 2000

“It’s not Big Brother that we now have to be afraid of, but Big Browser.”

New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer, on the doubleplus ungood implications of online data mining, New York Law Journal, 24 January 2000

“Later this year, new network tools may allow us to manage speed abusers more finely.”

Excite@Home technologist Milo Medin, on the applications of broadband network management to substance abuse treatment, The New York Times, 21 January 2000

“I’m very committed to making sure our alignment with our cable partners is airtight.”

New Excite@Home CEO George Bell, on his intent to make sure dissident cable executives have no room to breathe, News.com, 20 January 2000

“Our industry is made up of a bunch of lemmings. When was the last time you heard an original idea from a venture capitalist?”

Benchmark lemming Andy Rachleff, on the venture capital industry’s need for stampede, Redherring.com, 19 January 2000

“People think of Bill Shatner as the head of a starship from the future. That is a great image for the kinds of customers that we want.”

Priceline founder Jay Walker, on his company’s continuing mission to seek out highly gullible consumers, E-Commerce Times, 18 January 2000