"We see ourselves as the only country on Earth which has absolutely no borders, no boundaries, and no trade or currency restrictions whatsoever. Iridium is the first `virtual country'." - The German director of Iridium - Motorola's global telephone system of 66 satellites has just been assigned its own country code by the International Telecommunication Union - +8816.
"It was like a visit by Don Corleone. I expected to find a bloody computer monitor in my bed the next day." - Marc Andreessen of Netscape on the company's alleged meeting with Microsoft in May 1995.
"I think Marc should change his title from chief technology officer to chief mythology officer." - Microsoft official Mark Murray, talking to the IDG News Service.
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