“We are not only not dead, we are really excited about this.”
Novell CEO Eric Schmidt, celebrating his company’s back-from-the-morgue zombie jamboree that’s actually winning market share from Windows NT, Barron’s, 8 March 1999 (paid subscription required)
“What happened to Netscape? That’s a long story.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, closing the book on one of his e-commerce competitors, News.com, 4 March 1999
“Ecommerce does not read Wired magazine.”
The editors of Business 2.0, who in their misplaced metonymy neglect to mention that nobody reads their magazine at all, Business 2.0, March 1999
“The way we see it, there are two categories of content on the Internet: useful stuff and crap. No one has yet done a good job of separating the two, and we are seeking to do that.”
LookSmart CEO Evan Thornley, on his plans to send Yahoo and friends down the toilet, Reuters, 2 March 1999
“We see Linux as a significant force in the industry. We are not dabbling. We are unconflicted in our support.”
Wayne Caccamo, an Internet planning manager at Hewlett-Packard, on his company’s newfound love of the Linux operating system, ZDNet, 1 March 1999
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