Month: July 2001

“There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.”

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, on his company’s plan to keep its fourth-quarter profit as small as possible, The New York Times, 24 July 2001

“Nobody, 20 years ago, forecast the Internet.”

Lazy cyberpundit Bryan Appleyard, whose latest exhaustively unresearched screed took no note that it was 20 years ago today (give or take) Sergeant Postel taught the WAN to play, The Sunday Times Magazine, 22 July 2001

“For the time being, vendors continue to opt for price cutting rather than changing PC design to stimulate growth.”

Gartner analyst Todd Kort, blaming uncreative PC designers, rather than indifferent consumers, for the first-ever drop in worldwide PC sales, The Register, 20 July 2001

“Bankruptcy never felt so good.”

Tim Cavanaugh, editor of the late, lamented Suck.com, accepting a Webby award with the requisitely short speech, Wired News, 19 July 2001

“Sun has demonstrated it will use legal means to compete.”

Microsoft Windows product manager Greg Sullivan, grousing that his employer is at a disadvantage, News.com, 18 July 2001