“Information is more than data. Information is a smile, information is a frown, or a nod, it’s a hug, it’s a kiss — it’s lots of things.”
Regis McKenna, high technology’s ur-marketer, News.com, 21 November 1997
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THEY SHOT THE SHERIFF
“In traditional media, everyone tends to know the ground rules. But for the Internet, there are no ground rules: It’s a Wild West; it has to be invented.”
Former Wired Digital VP David Weir, displaying some inventiveness of his own in a postlayoff interview, TechWeb, 20 November 1997
LIKE, YOUR MARKET ECONOMY IS SOOO FIVE MINUTES AGO
“If these economies try to revert back to the good old ways, like six months ago or a year ago, they will go deeper into trouble.”
Intel CEO Andy Grove, dishing out advice for the troubled tigers of Asia, San Jose Mercury News, 19 November 1997
ACTUALLY, JOHN-JOHN, IT’S A NETWORK OF NETWORKS
“The Internet to me is one big network.”
Cisco CEO John Chambers, showing his technical mastery of networking, CNET Radio, 18 November 1997
USING YOUR PC WILL BE LIKE SETTING TIME ON A VCR
“The PC is too complex and imposing for many customers. For the market to keep growing, the PC has got to become more appliance-like.”
Compaq CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer, speaking at Comdex on new directions for the personal computer industry, News.com, 17 November 1997
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