Author: Matt

“Before we finish building a superhighway, let’s talk about where we want to go.”

Howard Rheingold, “Tomorrow,” San Francisco Examiner, 25 June 1997

“A fifth-grade teacher can enable their classroom for the Net in less than a half hour.”

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, Wired News, 24 June 1997

“Third agers crave media that reflect their active reality.”

Third Age president Mike Edelhart, Yahoo!/Reuters, 23 June 1997

“The problem with the Internet is that it is really not a consumer product.”

CNET CEO Halsey Minor, New York Times CyberTimes, 23 June 1997

“I hope you will think about how to keep the virtual world a reasonably fear-free place.”

John Perry Barlow, speaking at “Where Will You Be,” a benefit presented by the EFF, 19 June 1997