“We all accept that a car has number plates and a driver is registered somewhere. Why can’t we apply these same principles to the Internet?”
Robert Cailliau, coinventor of the World-Wide Web, who apparently got that “what if Microsoft designed cars?” spam and took it a bit too seriously, News.com, 29 November 1999
“We’re really investing all of that money into our future. Gift certificates are a part of that future.”
Amazon.com spokesman Bill Curry, explaining that the online retailer’s holiday giveaways are a sign that it has not yet begun to spend, News.com, 26 November 1999
“I don’t think Microsoft would give up the handheld space unless they just really can’t do it. Microsoft always comes back.”
IDC analyst Diana Hwang, on Microsoft’s persistence in pushing its Windows CE operating system, whose next iteration, Rapier, promises to improve on its current piss-poor interface for handhelds, The New York Times, 25 November 1999
“Once you create content, you have the chance to make money while you sleep.”
About.com CEO Scott Kurnit, who quite notably discourages his unprofitable company’s employees from ever sleeping, Interactive Week, 22 November 1999
“Quoting megahertz was never part of Apple’s vision.”
Apple design chief Jonathan Ive, who’s apparently missed recent ads touting the G4 desktop’s supercomputer-like speeds, MacWeek.com, 14 November 1999
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