“We’ve built the brand up to a point where we can do an aggressive campaign…. We’ll be a lot more direct and this campaign will name names.”
Bob Visse, an MSN product manager, on Microsoft’s plan to provide free advertising for its Internet-access rivals, The Industry Standard, 29 May 2001
“I think we’ve actually exported fraud to Yahoo.”
eBay CEO Meg Whitman, on how getting tough on sellers of faux Beanie Babies has moved cybercrime to other auction sites, San Jose Mercury News, 27 May 2001
“I’ve worked on so many Web projects and today they’re all gone. I realized there’s no proof I actually did anything.”
Freelance writer Steve Baldwin, on the motivation for his Museum of E-Failure, which includes such doozies as Time Warner’s defunct O.J. Central, The New York Times, 24 May 2001
“There is no killer application for 3G, so you have to have a killer attitude.”
Gartner analyst Nigel Deighton, on the pressing danger that the wireless industry will soon refuse to clap their hands and believe in fairies, BBC News, 23 May 2001
“Intellectual property has an interesting problem, which is that it lasts forever. Your own installed base is serious competition.”
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, making the surprising admission — for a supposed non-monopolist — that Windows only competes with itself, News.com, 23 May 2001
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