“This is a derivative medium. We all steal each other’s ideas.”
MSNBC editor-in-chief Merrill Brown, on a recent redesign that sought to make the site more distinctive, Wired News, 5 September 1997
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IT’S THE REAL (PROPRIETARY) THING
“It’s like Coca-Cola. No one has ever known the exact mix outside the company.”
Michael Barclay, a Wilson Sonsini patent partner, on Intel’s plans to make its new chip-plug design a trade secret, News.com, 4 September 1997
INSTANT COMMUNITY, JUST ADD E-COMMERCE
“Netscape is creating the highest-value, commerce-enabled community on the Net.”
Mike Homer, Netscape’s excutive VP of sales and marketing, on his company’s plan to relaunch the Netscape home page as a value-added “Netcenter,” Wired News, 3 September 1997
FORGET BREAD AND CIRCUSES; GIVE ‘EM CYBERCASH AND NET PORN
“The Internet is a challenge to the sovereignty of civilized states and nations to decide what is appropriate and decent behavior.”
Representative Bob Goodlatte (R.-Va.), MSNBC, 2 September 1997
IF YOU EXPERIENCE BLURRINESS, ADJUST YOUR MONITOR
“There absolutely is a blurring in the minds of the public between us, tabloids, Internet news, all the media. One person’s sins will certainly give everybody in general a bad reputation.”
Chicago Tribune editor George Langford, on the mass market’s perception of the mass media, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 September 1997
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