"The only fair conclusion is that Marc Andreessen (Netscape's co-founder and chief technologist) invented or imagined a proposal to divide markets"
- Microsoft's lead attorney, John Warden at the Microsoft trial, accusing Netscape's CEO, John Barksdale of misinterpret- ing the events at a 1995 meeting between the two companies.
"All I can say is I was there and I know what I heard, I know I was there and you weren't."
- Netscape CEO, John Barksdale, in reply.
"Ireland has an enlightened attitude to the Internet . . .You have the advantage of the English language and you have a good global image of being trustworthy, so people wouldn't mind giving credit card details to an Irish person."
- Internet "guru", Esther Dyson, heaping praise on delegates who had parted with their credit card details at the Internet World Conference at the RDS.
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