Author: Matt

“We have something to learn from [hackers]…. I want to get to know the hacker community better. These people are America’s future.”

Jeffrey Hunker, infrastructure guru for the National Security Council, on how he plans to take tips from the Def Con hacker gathering (which recently had its own Web site hacked), The New York Times, 12 July 1999

“To be clear — and this is no dig to Silicon Alley — the Digital Coast will be as big, or bigger, than the Alley within the next 24 months.”

Jason “Hollywood” Calacanis, damning his new hometown with faint praise (while neglecting to mention that both his media markets take a back seat to Silicon Valley), Digital Coast Weekly, 7 July 1999

“This openness issue is something we must improve. We want to start a dialog on that.”

Leonardo Chiariglione, executive director of the Secure Digital Music Initiative, defending the music industry’s decision to develop tech specs for an MP3 killer behind closed doors, Wired News, 8 July 1999

“I hate to think about Replay and Tivo. We kind of like the world the way it is now.”

MTV executive Tom Freston, describing the forward-looking technology strategy that will guide his company’s reaction to digital television recorders that can zap out ads instantly, The New York Times, 5 July 1999

“Windows is the past. In the future, AOL is the next Microsoft.”

America Online CEO Steve Case, on why he’s planning to stay very close friends with Joel Klein in the coming years, The New York Times, 4 July 1999