“You see tons of companies making tons of money, and you see tons of companies disappearing.”
RSA Data Security CEO Jim Bidzos, Wired News, 21 August 1997
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SPARCSTATIONS ARE FROM VENUS, NT BOXES ARE FROM MARS
“If you came down from Mars, Solaris and NT would look like the same thing.”
Sun CEO Scott McNealy, Upside.com, 15 August 1997
CRIMINAL IS WHEN YOU STOP SNEERING
“This is one of those dreams you have when you are a young Web geek. But I’m going to lose to The Onion.”
Fray creator and Cool Site of the Year nominee Derek Powazek, New York Times CyberTimes, 18 August 1997
YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO BE WIRED, JOSH
“If things seem crazy now, think how much crazier they will be when everybody is as wired as I am.”
Josh Quittner, way new journalist, Time, 25 August 1997 (issue date)
POINT …
“Microsoft, I think, is fundamentally an evil company.”
Netscape chairman Jim Clark, BusinessWeek, 25 August 1997
COUNTERPOINT.
“People who don’t know how to compete with Microsoft feel threatened. People who know how to compete, don’t.”
Netscape VP of sales and marketing Mike Homer, BusinessWeek, 25 August 1997
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