Author: Matt

“I could give a speech at any of the companies and pass myself off as a member of their executive committee.”

Novell chief executive and former Sun god Eric Schmidt, on the buddy-buddy nature of the anti-Microsoft alliance assembled at Ralph Nader’s recent D.C. confab, The Washington Post, 16 November 1997

“The computer really changes what teaching is all about. For one thing, office hours now are outdated.”

Michael J. Hyde, professor of communications ethics at Wake Forest University, on the changes wrought by the issuing of a laptop to every student on campus, The New York Times, 13 November 1997

“You never, ever want to compete with Microsoft. And even if they want to compete with you, you run away and do something else.”

Yahoo! cofounder Jerry Yang, on his company’s bold plans to deal with Microsoft’s entry into the Net search biz, News.com, 10 November 1997

“In the future, we will all be Microsoft.”

George Colony, president of Forrester Research, speaking at Venture Market East in Cambridge, Massachusetts, ComputerWorld, 11 November 1997

“From a career perspective you have to cover the broad, and work your way down and figure out what you like, and what you don’t like, but I will continue to cover technology.”

Soledad O’Brien, erstwhile anchor of ZDTV’s “The Site,” on how she’s really not a savvy careerist, Thesite.com, 5 November 1997