James L. Barksdale Quotes

If you want to work on the core problem, it's early school literacy.

Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.

If we have data, let's look at data. If all we have are opinions, let's go with mine.

We can collaborate with a Netscape employee or partner who's halfway around the world. We can distribute information and software to customers and shareholders, and get their feedback.

One of Netscape's main attractions to customers from Day One is that we provide alternatives. And that's cherished by many customers - certainly not all.

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

Our people are excited about building solutions, and it's rewarding to see how much fun Netscape employees have doing something they think is relevant and important.

I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve.

The highest compliments leaders can receive are those that are given by the people who work for them.

In my column series 'The Main Thing,' I often talk about how Internet technology can improve the way people communicate - both within a business and between a business and its customers and partners.

We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.

We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with external partners, customers, and suppliers.

I think they should separate Microsoft's application group from its operating system group.

There are no pat answers - we're pushing through some new frontiers, and lessons of the past don't always apply.

We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company.

I don't believe in government regulation of the software industry.

We provide many options in many product areas that they seem to want to adopt, and that's working well for us.

Well, the sales of our products clearly demonstrate their value to businesses and to individuals.

Well, another market is being created now out of Internet technology.

I've tended to work at fast-growing companies that improve the way business gets done.

We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can't imagine Netscape growing as fast as it has if it weren't for the way we use our products.

Climate change is a reality and if left unchecked, rising ocean tides will harm Georgia's Atlantic coast and threaten our state's robust tourism and shipping industries.