Author: Matt

“Microsoft thinks innovation is putting stuff into software. We think innovation is taking stuff out.”

Oracle marketing exec Jeremy Burton, on the database giant’s philosophical differences with Microsoft, Wired News, 17 February 2000

“[Windows 2000] can handle all the e-commerce done on the Web last year in two days.”

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on his plans to accelerate the pace of e-commerce losses with his new server software, MSNBC, 17 February 2000

“When you spend your time on the Internet, you don’t hear a human voice and you never get a hug.”

Stanford political scientist Norman Nie, who probably concluded that the Internet was a lonely, uninvolved place after women kept ignoring him in AOL chat rooms, The New York Times, 16 February 2000

“If you are a company that wants to make money in the future, you are going to consider Linux.”

Inprise CEO pro tem Dale Fuller, on the unique suitability of Linux for dot coms that have yet to report a profit, ZDNN, 15 February 2000

“The [MPAA’s] principle occupation is to make sure that American movies move freely and unhobbled around the world.”

Motion Picture Association of America chief Jack Valenti, applying some Newspeak in a Salon interview about his attempts to shut down digital distribution of movies, Salon.com, 14 February 2000