For the first time, you can buy the Internet in a box off the shelf.

Most people probably don't even know what toothpaste they buy; they just recognize the box on the shelf.

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

One of the first things I want to do is take that plan off the shelf. Let's take a look at it. If this is where we want to go, let's get moving. If not, then let's come up with another plan.

The Internet is not just one thing, it's a collection of things - of numerous communications networks that all speak the same digital language.

I'm not at all picking on the Internet -- the Internet does what it does well, ... But there are some things where you say, 'That doesn't work right.'