“Operating systems no longer hold the strategic importance they once held in our industry.”
IBM CEO Lou Gerstner, nicking himself as he attempts to take a jab at Microsoft, News.com, 10 May 2000
Month: May 2000
FUNNY, MOST PEOPLE KNOW THE WEBBYS ARE B.S.
“There are still so many acronyms in this business that you don’t know what people are talking about. The Web can be overwhelming; our purpose is to help make it accessible and entertaining.”
Webby Awards producer Tiffany Shlain, on her once-a-year effort to disguise the fact that she doesn’t have a real job, USA Today, 9 May 2000
AND THE COMPANY THAT WILL BRING IT TO YOU, EVENTUALLY, IS AT&T
“The future is information from any source in any form — voice, video and data — to any device such as the phone, computer or television.”
AT&T CEO C. Michael Armstrong, on his quaintly retro vision of the future, News.com, 5 May 2000
MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE
“I found 64 messages saying ‘I love you’ on my computer this morning. Given the state of of e-commerce these days, I was strangely moved.”
PlanetRx executive Matthew Naythons, on the morale boost he got from the “ILOVEYOU” email virus, The New York Times, 5 May 2000
THE BUCK PER AVERAGE MONTHLY FREQUENT VISITOR STOPS HERE
“It’s the fact that we have so many metrics, not just one. You know, if the CEO isn’t responsible for that, who the hell is?”
iVillage CEO Candice Carpenter, on how her company dresses up its numbers for success (while disguising its ever-growing losses), The Industry Standard, 4 May 2000
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