“He’s been able to kind of take the metaphor of Silicon Valley and extend it across the country.”
Don Gips, chief domestic policy advisor for Vice President Al Gore, on his boss’s contribution to modern political tropes, Wired News, 30 January 1998
SILLY HUMANS, BITS ARE FOR BOTS
“The communications network of the 21st century will be built to support the computer-to-computer world, not to support human interaction.”
John Sidgmore, chief operating officer of way new telco Worldcom, speaking at the NationsBanc Montgomery Securities Technology Week conference, Computer Reseller News, 29 January 1998
DON’T WORRY, BE CONTENT
“It turns out that euphoria is not a business strategy.”
Louis Rossetto, Wired’s acting CEO and chief content officer, The New Yorker, 19 January 1998
THAT’S ONE WAY TO GUARANTEE REPEAT SALES
“If your telephone breaks, you buy a new one. If your television breaks, you buy a new one. If your PC breaks, you lose your data.”
Larry Ellison, chief executive appliance repairman at Oracle, on the durability of his company’s coming-real-soon-now network computers, News.com, 27 January 1998
YOU MEAN THAT BIG EMPTY SPACE WHERE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE?
“We haven’t made any announcements yet but watch this space.”
Michael Cowpland, chief executive of Corel, on the conspicuous absence of software that’s actually shipping from the Java-addled behemoth he runs, The New York Times, 25 January 1998
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