“I have come to believe that if anything will bring about the downfall of a company, or maybe even a country, it is blind copies of e-mails that should never have been sent in the first place.”
Disney chairman Michael Eisner, on the woes brought by email to corporate America, San Jose Mercury News, 19 May 2000
“It’s just a hunch, but I think this Internet stuff is going to be big. I want to get in on it before anyone else hears about it.”
Fired Details editor Mark Golin, stealing lines from William Shatner as he talks up his new job at AOL’s Moviefone.com subsidiary, New York Post, 17 May 2000
“Like many things in life, you can do exactly what you were going to do in the first place and change the names.”
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, on a delay in the official release of Mac OS X that’s being couched as a “public beta,” San Jose Mercury News, 16 May 2000
“You can assume that not everyone who left [Excite@Home] did so on their own and that not everyone was forced out.”
Excite@Home executive and recent arrival Byron Smith, on the comings and goings at the broadband portal, News.com, 15 May 2000
“I can guarantee that in one century people will drink Dom Perignon — I am sure of it. What type of Internet will they look at in one century? I’m not so sure.”
Bernard Arnault, CEO of luxury conglomerate LVMH and newbie Internet investor, The New York Times, 15 May 2000
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