“If you’re getting your news on Yahoo, watching the Clinton testimony on Broadcast.com, just bought a mirrorball, as a friend of mine did, on eBay, and are doing your Christmas shopping on Amazon, you’re more inclined to buy the stocks.”
Internet stock analyst Mary Meeker, on the virtuous circle driving Net companies up and to the right, up and to the right, up and to the right, Barron’s, 21 December 1998
“That’s where we see a lot of new APIs [on embedded devices like car navigation systems]. On those things, we won’t be the ones driving it.”
Jim Mitchell, Sun’s vice president of Java architecture, on the company’s plans for a hands-off approach in steering Java for automobiles, News.com, 18 December 1998
“Well, [Microsoft’s] not a competitor because we don’t pretend to make money off of technology.”
@Home CEO Tom Jermoluk, who apparently hasn’t heard of Microsoft subsidiary WebTV’s plans to get inside high-speed cable boxes, News.com, 17 December 1998
“I felt like we were being, you know, leveraged.”
Walt Disney executive Steve Wadsworth, describing negotiations with Microsoft that left him feeling all funny inside, Wired News, 15 December 1998
“Several different technologies will be considered that look to create a distinction technically between a legitimate MP3 file and a non-legitimate file.”
Hilary Rosen, head of the Recording Industry Association of America, on efforts to outlaw free music downloads on the Internet, News.com, 15 December 1998
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