October 6, 1997

"I'd shut [Apple] down and give the money back to the shareholders."

- Michael S. Dell, CEO of Dell Computer, in response to being asked at a Gartner Group symposium what he would do if he woke up in the body of Steve Jobs.

October 1, 2002

"You can't stop technology. Even if they succeed in shutting down those particular services, new services will spring  up.  It's the nature of the Internet."

- Shawn Fanning, founder of Napster, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

"Napster creator ponders his legacy" by Nick Wingfield, October 1, 2002.

July 10, 1997

"Steve Jobs is not a credible CEO or anything else for Apple. The worst thing would be to appoint Steve CEO, except that it would give Steve the opportunity to preside over both Apple's birth and death."

- David Coursey (Industry commentator) in the San Jose Mercury News, July 10, 1997.