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> Amazon was released in 1982 for the Apple II Computer—that’s seventeen years ago.

The article is from 1999, based on this quote from the article.

2nd link at the top left, "Biography" is quite clear about that -> http://www.michaelcrichton.com/biography/

He's a brand.

Agreed; it's just a little off-putting to see whoever it is keep flogging the corpse for more $$$.

I imagine he rolled over a couple times at the new Jurassic Park

He was alive for Jurassic Park 2 and 3. I think he'd just be happy his heirs made a bundle