Quotes by David Strom

“You have to be smart about how you use e-mail. Otherwise you let it ruin your life.”

“This is about a private-property right and an unfair, narrow tax with a phony fee label, ... Weve been accused before of being in the pocket of the tobacco companies, from people who question your motives before they pay any attention to the argument.”

“Netscape has been very unsuccessful at interacting with the trades, ... They dont understand how to do PR.”

“Internet World is finally coming into its own as a show that the corporate audience needs to pay attention to. For years it was focused... more on personal use than on corporate use.”

“If Im an enterprise customer implementing a large IP network, its not the big network vendors Im interested in. Its the products from the small companies and start-ups. And thats harder to track.”

“It just amazes me that AOL can be so intransigent. AOL Instant Messenger is the industry standard. Its used by millions of people.... It would be in their best interest to see that everyone else adopts their instant messaging standards. All theyre doing by blocking traffic is encouraging people to have their own instant messaging clients.”

“[NEW YORK (Biztravel.com) -] Leave your laptop at home, ... Ive spent hours in hotel rooms trying to connect a laptop. Its not a job for anyone [who has] trouble programming a VCR.”

“It just amazes me that AOL can be so intransigent, ... AOLs Instant Messenger is the industry standard. Its used by millions of people . . . It would be in their best interest to see that everyone else adopts their instant messaging standards. All theyre doing by blocking traffic is encouraging people to have their own instant messaging clients.”

“Leave your laptop at home. Ive spent hours in hotel rooms trying to connect a laptop. Its not a job for anyone [who has] trouble programming a VCR.”

“On our scorecard, he got 58.”