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“802.11 has won. Bluetooth is in full retreat from Moscow at the moment.”

Intel executive Sean Maloney, on dueling wireless standards, News.com, 29 August 2001

“The timing is incredibly good for the PC industry right now. We should have a very good next year, and when I say we, I mean the industry.”

Microsoft VP Jim Allchin, on Windows XP’s release being very important for la familia — capeesh?, News.com, 28 August 2001

“If you’re just mourning WeDeliverToothpaste.com, you’re missing the much larger picture. Look to more stable companies and find your niche there.”

Web guru Jeffrey Zeldman, on how designers need to move upmarket from dot-coms to blue-chips, even though companies like GE are substantially harder to fleece, SFGate.com, 7 August 2001

“After theglobe.com, I never want to be in another position where I build an asset only to have it taken away. I want to be the asset.”

Stephan Paternot, former asset of theglobe.com, on his attempt to be a value-added solution looking for a problem, Salon.com, 22 August 2001

“We felt we could still be true to the open-source roots and at the same time go to a business model that was proven.”

VA Linux CEO Larry Augustin, on abandoning his company’s origins in the open-source community, News.com, 23 August 2001