“We told you to kiss your browser goodbye. Maybe we should rephrase that.”
Paul Boutin, who was part of the push cabal behind Wired Digital’s ill-fated LiveWired project, taking the “er” out of “hacker,” Wired, March 1998
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In 2002 I started contributing to Open Source software, and life has just gotten better from there. Co-founder of WordPress, founder Automattic.
IN FACT, OUR CORE COMPETENCY IS MAKING MISTAKES
“There isn’t an Internet company in the world that’s going to fail because of mistakes — Internet companies make thousands of mistakes every week.”
Candice Carpenter, founder and CEO of iVillage, on how execution isn’t everything after all, Fast Company, February/March 1998
IT’S EASIER WHEN NOT EVEN YOUR BOSS READS YOU
“We’ve had incredible editorial freedom. I look at it and I can’t believe it lasted this long.”
Noah Robischon, founder and editor-in-chief of Pathfinder’s Netly News, who’s abandoning his low-visibility site for greener pastures in print, Net Insider, 25 February 1998
WHAT’S GOOD FOR MIKE MURRAY IS GOOD FOR AMERICA
“The entire industry’s continued growth and success has been threatened by a severe and very real skills shortage.”
Michael Murray, Microsoft’s VP of human resources, who has to hire thousands of supergeniuses skilled in every area of human knowledge except salary negotiation, testifying before Congress on exactly why they should pass legislation to make his job easier, Reuters/Wired News, 25 February 1998
OUR CUSTOMERS GO WELL WITH JAVA
“IBM brings a lot to the table in terms of enterprise customers, and we are anxious to help get the JavaOS to the marketplace.”
Howie Hunger, the unfortunately named director of channels and marketing for IBM’s Network Station business unit, on plans to bring customers to the network computer feast, Information Week, 23 February 1998
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