“Consumers are benefited by us being one focused company that tries to appropriately apply technology.”
Microsoft president Steve Ballmer, letting fly a trial balloon for a radical break from Microsoft’s past strategy, ZDNN, 19 November 1999
AFTER MICROSOFT IS BROKEN UP, THERE’S ALWAYS BILLCAM.ORG
“[Bill Gates] is not a bad dancer, considering he doesn’t get a lot of chances to practice in public. And he knows everyone’s watching. How would you like it if everyone was watching you having fun?”
Trellix CTO Dan Bricklin, speculating on Bill Gates’s future career opportunities in the transparent society, The Washington Post, 17 November 1999
TECH SUPPORT IS CALLING ON THE RED CLUE PHONE
“One crucial issue for voters to ponder is this: Whose finger do you want on the ALT-CONTROL-DELETE button?”
U.S. vice president Al Gore, trying to sell himself to the tech crowd after his tour of Microsoft, Slate, 15 November 1999
BILL GATES FEELS YOUR PAIN
“When I speak publicly, no matter what I say, no matter how much I bore you, I’m treated like this visionary.”
Red Hat CEO Bob Young, on how the Linux phenomenon has boosted him into the public eye, MSNBC, 15 November 1999
NOW THAT’S A SWITCH
“The Internet isn’t about transporting bits anymore.”
Ziff-Davis chairman Eric Hippeau, announcing a technological shift that will come as a surprise to network engineers everywhere, in his remarks before introducing keynote speaker Bill Gates, Comdex, 14 November 1999
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