You could see the whites of people's eyes, a bit of the deer in the headlight phenomenon. There was relentless and indiscriminate selling taking place.
Thomas Galvin in "What the Experts Said" from The Wall Street Journal (9/1/98)

"Optimark is the new killer app. It doesn't matter what technology you're talking about. It could turn trading floors around the world into a bunch of theme restaurants . . . This is a pivotal moment for the entire industry. You have to wonder whether there will be a need for floors and exchanges in the next century."

Junius W. Peake (former chairman of NASDAQ) in "Big Storm Rising" from Business 2.0 (September 1998)

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