“Gates delivered a characteristically blunt query: how much do we need to pay you to screw Netscape? ('this could be your lucky day').”
David Cole
“If you walked into Netscape headquarters with a plain old modem from CompUSA they'd think it was a garage-door opener.”
Walter Mossberg
“As I review Microsoft's proposed remedy, I reach the unfortunate conclusion that it would not have helped Netscape in the mid-1990s by preventing Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior.”
James Barksdale
“Couple that with their distribution (OS) muscle, then Netscape clearly has an uphill battle.”
Steve Case
“There is evidence of what we see here is an exit strategy for Netscape -- that because of the blanket Microsoft has put over it, Netscape was not able to continue its pattern of innovation.”
David Boies
“We have a working relationship with Netscape as an ISV [Internet service provider]. What we have is a poster-child example of how high-tech companies are negotiating.”
William Neukom
“What really happened at the meeting was that Netscape was trying to draw a line around its market and resisted Microsoft to come into that marketplace.”