rhonda: Agree. Did you see this today:
Fatbrain.com Launches Online Bookstores for Microsoft
Feb 1 2000 9:28AM ET
Business-to-business Bookstore Provider Creates New Sites to Serve Microsoft Communities
Business Editors
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2000-- Fatbrain.com(TM) (Nasdaq: FATB), the Internet's most comprehensive bookstore for professionals, today launched two new online bookstores for Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the fifth and sixth in a series of custom stores Fatbrain.com has created for Microsoft's active online communities. The addition of the new bookstores -- which serve the Microsoft Office and Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider user communities -- build on Fatbrain.com's business-to-business strategy to provide leading e-commerce solutions for corporations. In addition, these new bookstores enable Microsoft to offer the most comprehensive selection of knowledge resources to these communities through a completely outsourced solution.
The new Microsoft Office Bookstore, located at microsoft.com, is custom-designed to offer the most comprehensive selection of Microsoft Office books and resources, including recommended reading and training titles, for IT professionals, end users and executive decision-makers. The Microsoft Certified Solutions Provider (MCSP) bookstore, located on the MCSP Online private web site at microsoft.com, offers recommended books and training for Microsoft Certified Solution Providers -- independent companies that team with Microsoft around the world to solve business challenges across industries using Microsoft technology.
Both stores also offer quick, easy access to Fatbrain.com's world-class selection of professional and technical resources, covering more than 1,200 categories. The Fatbrain.com store also provides special services including advanced search tools, discounts of up to 40 percent and same-day shipping of all in-stock titles.
"Fatbrain.com has displayed a thorough understanding of the needs of the Microsoft community through the many custom online bookstores Fatbrain.com has launched for us," said Dave Waldrop, Group Manager of Microsoft. "Our Fatbrain.com bookstore sites allow us to offer the best available selection of recommended reading and training resources to Microsoft channel users worldwide."
Dennis Capovilla, president and chief operating officer for Fatbrain.com said, "Microsoft has continually shown strong support for our corporate bookstore strategy -- helping us to continue to evolve our business-to-business solutions for corporations. We're pleased that Microsoft again has selected Fatbrain.com to provide a preferred bookstore for two more of its rapidly-growing user communities."
Fatbrain.com also provides the preferred online bookstore for Microsoft's Windows NT Server Site at microsoft.com, Microsoft's TechNet Site at microsoft.com, Microsoft's developer resource site, MSDN Online, at msdn.microsoft.com, and Microsoft Direct Access (MSDA) site, at microsoft.com.
Gartner Group, Inc. predicts business-to-business e-commerce to grow to $7.29 trillion in 2004.
Alex
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