WHASSAMATTA? YOU DON’T LIKE MY CHIPS?

“Frankly, I don’t think that anyone has a clean understanding of what’s causing the market to shrink back.”

Intel President Craig Barrett, showing a firm grasp on market forces that have forced a dive in the semiconductor giant’s stock price, ZDNN, 6 March 1998

YOU’RE NOT COOL IF YOU DON’T USE LIP GLOSS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE

“Would you rather change a stereotype about lip gloss or teach a girl how to be emotionally flexible in the face of exclusion?”

Brenda Laurel, vice president of design at Purple Moon, defending her product tie-in with Bonne Bell lip gloss, The New York Times, 5 March 1998

SPECIFICALLY, I BELIEVE IN MICROSOFT’S FREEDOM TO FAIL

“I believe in winners and losers and the freedom to fail.”

Sun CEO Scott McNealy, grandstanding in front of the Senate panel investigating Microsoft’s dominance in the operating systems marketplace, The Washington Post, 4 March 1998

IF YOU SQUINT, YOU CAN SEE OUR BUSINESS PLAN

“I don’t see anybody else in the Internet space as actively focused on the business market as we are.”

David Dorman, PointCast’s recently crowned CEO, who may know that focus is everything, but doesn’t seem to realize that you have to be looking in the right direction first, News.com, 27 February 1998

KISS AND MAKE UP WITH YOUR BROWSER, PAUL — YOU NEED THE HITS

“We told you to kiss your browser goodbye. Maybe we should rephrase that.”

Paul Boutin, who was part of the push cabal behind Wired Digital’s ill-fated LiveWired project, taking the “er” out of “hacker,” Wired, March 1998