"John [Malone, of cable tv giant TCI] and I were just on a Networked Economy Conference panel together, and we were standing at the urinals talking about things, and Barry Diller comes in and stands between us. And Barry says, `C'mon, you seem like such good friends. Just split the difference.'" - Bell Atlantic CEO Ray Smith, on the failed BA/TCI "NII" merger, reported in _Wired_, Feb. 1995, p. 110
