“In traditional media, everyone tends to know the ground rules. But for the Internet, there are no ground rules: It’s a Wild West; it has to be invented.”
Former Wired Digital VP David Weir, displaying some inventiveness of his own in a postlayoff interview, TechWeb, 20 November 1997
“If these economies try to revert back to the good old ways, like six months ago or a year ago, they will go deeper into trouble.”
Intel CEO Andy Grove, dishing out advice for the troubled tigers of Asia, San Jose Mercury News, 19 November 1997
“The Internet to me is one big network.”
Cisco CEO John Chambers, showing his technical mastery of networking, CNET Radio, 18 November 1997
“The PC is too complex and imposing for many customers. For the market to keep growing, the PC has got to become more appliance-like.”
Compaq CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer, speaking at Comdex on new directions for the personal computer industry, News.com, 17 November 1997
“I could give a speech at any of the companies and pass myself off as a member of their executive committee.”
Novell chief executive and former Sun god Eric Schmidt, on the buddy-buddy nature of the anti-Microsoft alliance assembled at Ralph Nader’s recent D.C. confab, The Washington Post, 16 November 1997
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