“From the very beginning, we’ve said we would like nothing better than to settle this case.”
Bill Gates, reacting to the antitrust decision that promises to skin, gut, and fillet his software company, San Jose Mercury News, 5 November 1999
WE ARE THE WORLD, WE ARE THE INTERNET
“We are extremely disappointed that eBay has decided to build a wall around their marketplace and put their own interests ahead of their customers and the Internet at large.”
AuctionWatch.com CEO Rodrigo Sales, on eBay’s selective blocking of his company’s auction search engines, Wired News, 4 November 1999
A SNOWBALL’S CHANCE IN HELL
“Clearly, our audience is there. There’s also a lot of talent gravitating toward the new media world.”
New Line Cinema executive vice president Jim Rosenthal, explaining his company’s investment in Snowball.com, an Internet company that recently acquired its new brand name from a gay porn Web site, San Francisco Examiner, 3 November 1999
INTELLIGENT AGENT PROVOCATEUR
“Earlier on, if you made a big noise and were provocative, that was enough. Now everyone is provocative and irreverent.”
Flooz.com CEO Robert Levitan, on what’s necessary for a dot-com marketing campaign (forget about the Web site), The New York Times, 2 November 1999
THE NOT-SO-TRANSPARENT SOCIETY
“Any of the information we’ve been collecting has been designed to make the best experience for the user.”
RealNetworks chief operating officer Thomas Frank, explaining how an undisclosed feature of RealJukebox that recorded every song played wasn’t meant to invade users’ privacy, News.com, 1 November 1999
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