“Einstein would have put his stamp of approval on everything we’ve done.”
Robert Freeman, VP of operations at optical networking startup Silk Road, which promises to boldly go where fiber’s never gone before, The New York Times, 2 November 1998
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AW, DAD, YOU NEVER LET ME CODE IN JAVA
“It’s not that we don’t think [Java]’s useful, it’s just that we have limited resources in terms of development and computing power.”
Steve Perlman, president of WebTV Networks, complaining that Bill Gates won’t budget for Java developers at the Microsoft-owned net-top box company, News.com, 30 October 1998
HONEY, YOU DON’T LOG ON LIKE YOU USED TO
“We understand each other more when we are connected.”
Betty Lo Mann, wife of wearable computing pioneer Steve Mann, on the fiber-optic ties that bind, The New York Times, 29 October 1998
DOCTOR, EMAIL THYSELF
“We are not trying to get anyone to buy more computers.”
Intel chairman Andy Grove, lying through his teeth to an audience of computer-illiterate doctors at Intel’s Internet Health Day, ZDNN, 27 October 1998
I JUST BURNED A CD — AM I AN “INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN,” TOO?
“This is a great outcome for independent musicians that want to distribute music over the Internet.”
Ken Wirt, Diamond Multimedia’s VP of corporate marketing, on the legal victory over the music industry that will allow it to distribute a piracy-friendly downloadable music player, ZDNN, 27 October 1998
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