“There’s more to be gotten from the popularity of music on the Net than just the dollar.”
Musician and digital music startup guy Thomas Dolby Robertson, on the need for multiple revenue streams from music online, Wired News, 26 April 1999
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WE HAD TO GO WITH .NET INSTEAD
“This strategy is not just another company trying to add a ‘dot com’ to its name.”
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz, on his company’s plans to invest millions in an Internet venture unrelated to coffee, News.com, 23 April 1999
WE KNOW YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF OPERATING SYSTEMS, AND WE’D
“What I want to see in a few years is that when people go into a computer store, they at least have to think about what kind of operating system they want to have on their computer.”
Linus Torvalds, inventor of the freeware Linux operating system, envisioning a future where buying a computer is even more confusing than it is today, Time Digital Daily, 22 April 1999
WE’LL HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF INTERNET STOCKS BY THEN
“The Internet is this huge hurricane sweeping through everything. There are billion-dollar companies that are going to go to zero.”
Crosspoint Venture Capital associate Adam Dell, explaining how his firm hopes to get while the getting’s good, Fortune.com, 19 April 1999
INTERNET BUBBLE, OR PRIMORDIAL OOZE?
“We have to grow. That’s probably the only thing that matters at the end of the day.”
Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang, explaining his industry’s biological imperative at the National Association of Broadcasters converence in Las Vegas, News.com, 20 April 1999
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