Head to head

'If Microsoft continues to say "to heck with Janet Reno", US attorney general, then maybe it is going to force more draconian measures on itself.'

Gary Reback, attorney

'I call Microsoft "The Shark".'

Mitchell Kertzman, CEO, Sybase

'As CEOs, we get paid to create dominance in one market so that we can move into other markets, but at some point there is a role for government.'

Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems

'There are companies slated for extinction by Microsoft and they won't come to the conference. They're terrified.'

Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, conference organiser

'We do have some competitors which have chosen to fund these things (the conference) and promote these activities to handicap Microsoft in the competitive market.'

Bill Gates, CEO, Microsoft.