"It is clear that the Internet will become the dominant means of doing business worldwide, And to succeed in the Internet Age, customers must adapt to a new paradigm of speed, global competitiveness and e-commerce where continuous connections to customers, partners, suppliers and employees are absolutely essential and where your competition is just a click away."
- Compaq president and CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer at Compaq's Innovate Forum 99 in Houston, Texas.
"In the very near future, it will be a basic human right for the people of the world to have access to the Internet. Human beings who are not connected to the Internet may be at a disadvantage as the information age continues to grow at a rapid pace."
- ohn Hart, 3Com senior vice president at the American Electronics Association's CyberSummit in California