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Quotes of the Week, November 17-21
News You announce a new product and within a week you have a million customers. "The human face of networking is interactive and changing. The intelligent network mode - the idea that the network knows you - and the adoption of this technology is driven...
[November 24, 1997, 11:47]
Quotes of the Week,June 23-27
News "It seems to me that, under your analysis, it could potentially be criminal to engage in indecent speech on a public street corner in the presence of minors. US Supreme Court's Justice William Kennedy criticising the case for the Communications...
[June 27, 1997, 9:37]
Quotes of the Week, December 16-20
News "It's a simple, logical commercial decision. It seems that NT on RISC-based systems is not proving to be a popular choice. IBM's Ian Roscow on shutting down its PowerPC Windows NT business through lack of demand.
[December 20, 1996, 10:49]
Quotes of the Week, September 1-5
News "We're very confused as to what they are trying to do . It's bad enough the pace of technology forcing changes without a company moving the goalposts. IMC UK MD David Robson on Apple's licensing sidestep.
[September 5, 1997, 11:06]
Quotes of the Week, Sept 15-19
News "We know why they were put in place but a lot of the reasoning is not applicable. There is no Cold War and the argument about drug traffickers is over - these people can get easy access to encryption anyway.
[September 19, 1997, 9:31]
Quotes of the Week, Sept 29-Oct 3
News "We have no plans at present to go flat-rate in the UK. We've gone live in the US but the networks, selling systems and other things are so different in each country that you have to address them individually.
[October 3, 1997, 10:24]
Quotes of the Week, February 10-14
News "This is not a scare, this is not a panic. This is an early warning for our customers. Unlike our competitors we don't put out press releases about viruses because we don't want to cause a panic. Mike Hill of Dr Solomon's on new virus strains.
[February 14, 1997, 11:20]
Quotes of the Week, January 19-23
News "A lot of Microsoft officials came back from Christmas after being chastised by relatives and friends. They got an eye-opener that this is a problem on a wider cultural basis, not just among Macheads and Unix geeks.
[January 23, 1998, 15:27]
Quotes of the Week, February 17-21
News "The pent-up demand is huge and the companies who can make the drives will make a fortune. Imation's Lance Quantrill on 120Mb floppy drives. Symantec's] Norton Utilities is like having a set of very powerful tools for your car and if you don't know...
[February 21, 1997, 15:52]
Quotes of the Week, December 8-12
News which had suffered just such a problem earlier in the week. "Most PC makers want IE because that's what users want. Microsoft can no longer make PC vendors install IE but it's a preliminary ruling at this stage.
[December 15, 1997, 12:59]
Quotes of the Week, October 7-11
News "We are in discussions with. UK Online. The talks concern the possibility of co-operation or merger or acquisition in light of current consolidation in the Internet industry. Easynet warns the City of potential coupling.
[October 11, 1996, 10:38]
Quotes of the Week, October 6-10
News Last week, Microsoft went beyond the spirit of the law and into the letter of the law when it shipped Internet Explorer 4.0. "It makes sense, although Alpha has not had spectacular success in terms of volume.
[October 13, 1997, 10:39]
Quotes of the Week, October 13-17
News "We had a giggle when we saw the report from CI. We're seeing the opposite of the research here. We're focusing on second-time consumer buyers and we're finding that they're not looking for a £700 box if it doesn't contain all the trimmings.
[October 17, 1997, 11:28]
Quotes of the Week, January 12-16
News "It was absolutely clear to you that I entered an order that required that you distribute a product that would not work? That's what you're telling me? In plain English, yes. We followed that order. It wasn't our place to consider the consequences...
[January 16, 1998, 16:34]
Quotes of the Week, March 3-7
News "No customers have been affected by this issue to date. There is only one Web site that illustrates the issue we know about, and it is only for demonstration purposes. Furthermore, we have not had any customer reports of this to date, and a...
[March 7, 1997, 10:38]
Quotes of the Week, October November 4-8
News "Over time, inevitably consumer PCs and other devices will follow a similar route. Dell's David Matthews on its recyclable PC line. We're very pleased, it's back to business as usual. Intel spokeswoman on the defeat of Proposition 211, legislation...
[November 8, 1996, 12:57]
Quotes of the Week, October 28-November 1
News "The problem with Larry Ellison and Bill Gates is that they think because they have big companies, that they are the only two companies that can exist. Netscape's Jim Clark on sharing a battlefield with Microsoft and Oracle.
[November 1, 1996, 13:57]
Quotes of the Week,March 10-14
News "We're going to see lines to xDSL modems, set-top boxes, Web TVs, digital VCRs and digital cameras. There are 650 million copper connections in the world and 80 per cent can be converted to xDSL. Charles Cotton, chief operating officer for ATML
[March 14, 1997, 17:11]
Quotes of the Week, June 2-6
News "The Pentium processor with MMX technology has been Intel's fastest selling processor ever. Pierre Mirjolet, European marketing manager at Intel. Customers are saying that the market is slow. Basically, it's confusion: MMX was released in January...
[June 6, 1997, 15:55]
Quotes of the Week, October 21-25
News "There are no similar panels around which allow the same connectivity. You don't need bright sunlight. Normal daylight is enough. John Vivian, sales manager for Kiss, which has produced the first solar panel for notebooks.
[October 25, 1996, 11:51]
