"Undoubtedly, some of these small companies, which have stock prices going through the roof, will succeed and may well justify even higher prices. The vast majority are almost sure to fail."
- US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, before the Senate Budget Committee last week comparing buying the latest hot Internet stock to banking on hitting the jackpot in a one-in-a- million chance lottery.
"Terrorist and outlaw states are extending the world's fields of battle from physical space to cyberspace. . . they cannot defeat us with traditional military means. So they are working on two new forms of assault: cyber-attacks on our critical computer systems and attacks with weapons of mass destruction."
- A possibly alarmist Bill Clinton speaking to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington last week.
"Virtual country `nuked' in cyberwar"
- One tech-news site adds to President Clinton's fears when reporting on interference with the Connect Ireland-hosted East Timor site.
"In 1999 we intend to build out a significant distribution infrastructure. We also intend to enhance the scope and quality of products that we provide to our customers."
- Amazon.com's CEO Jeff Bezos promising the online bookseller's take-no-prisoners attitude will continue.