Month: September 2004

“It was incredibly difficult to recruit participants for this study, as people weren’t willing to be without the Internet for two weeks.”

Yahoo chief sales officer Wenda Harris Millard, on commissioning a study of Internet deprivation, Silicon Valley Business Journal, 20 September 2004

“Have you ever had a bad dream that just didn’t end?””

PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway, finally feeling his customers’ pain, News.com, 21 September 2004

“I think we’re setting new records here in terms of new browser downloads, and it shows that people are ready for an alternative.”

Mozilla spokesman Bart Decrem, on the open-source nonprofit’s amazing discovery that, just like Netscape ten years ago, it can give software away, News.com, 20 September 2004

“One of the most important questions for our investors is, ‘Does Napster have the staying power to stay and thrive?’ Having the cash answers that question.”

Napster CEO Chris Gorog, on putting more cash in his kitty, USA Today, 17 September 2004

“We believe that easy-to-use personalisation will be an important part of the future development of search.”

Ask Jeeves executive Tony Macklin, on his employer’s intent to catch up with Amazon.com’s A9 search engine one of these years, BBC News, 16 September 2004