Month: January 2001

“The Mac can become the ‘digital hub’ of our emerging digital lifestyle.”

Apple CEO Steve Jobs, basking in his patented reality distortion field at Macworld Expo and displaying his ignorance of the fact that most Web-based calendars, MP3 players, and cell phones can’t sync with Macs worth a damn, ZDNN, 9 January 2001

“This is not your father’s technology magazine.”

Josh Quittner, editor of the magazine formerly known as Time Digital, on the monthly’s relaunch as the AOL-friendly title On, The New York Times, 9 January 2001

“What excites me most about working for Newell Rubbermaid is the opportunity to return to my roots in the durable goods industry, and to apply the skills I’ve learned in the new economy to an area that I know and love best.”

Newly appointed Newell Rubbermaid CEO Joe Galli, whose recent career history — including brief stints at Frito-Lay, Amazon.com, and VerticalNet — could hardly be described as a durable good, News.com, 8 January 2001

“[Bush] clearly understands the correlation between growth in high-tech, the competitiveness of our economy and job creation.”

Cisco CEO John Chambers, praising the man who was elected in part thanks to the $304,000 Chambers contributed to the Republican party, ZDNN, 4 January 2001

“We don’t have faith in stand-alone advertising models [on the Internet]. You can put in the time and money to try to be the leader in sports, and at the end of the day you’d lose as much money as ESPN.com.”

News Corp. deputy COO James Murdoch, parroting his dad’s views on his company’s unprofitable Internet sites, News.com, 4 January 2001