To T Lindt and August West. I have seen your names on various threads and appreciate your ideas, comments, advice. I'm about 8 months old in this on-line world so I have much to learn. (god, i love it, what an opportunity).
I believe that THIS thread has much more importance than is recognized. But it only becomes alive with those willing to participate.
I believe that this whole idea of the WEB is a future arrived and that it is science fiction becoming science fact.
I have a plastics manufacturing company and I am now conducting a lot of my business on the web by having a product web page, corresponding with potential customers etc. The cost of producing the web page was less than $1000. I have had about 600 hits since 1/1/98. I compare this to advertising in the Thomas Reg. for $5000 plus and reaching the same number of inquiries will take the rest of 1998. Look at all the paper saved, trees not cut. etc. Well what this all means to me is e-commerce is the future. Note: I do not sell anything on the web, my web page is just a brochure to the industrial manufacturing community, not e-commerce in the true meaning of trade.
I have read this thread and have seen a few companies mentioned, but what I would like to see is a list of number one companies that are the backbone of the web and next a list of secondary support (behind the scenes so to speak) of other companies. On the backbone list would be companies like Netscape, Yahoo, E-Trade, Infoseek, AOL, . Secondaries (that may not be in the retail public face) Checkfree, Cybergard, US Web. I am only pulling up a couple of names that come to mind to use as examples.
Is there a list of internet, WEB, and e-commerce stocks available? Where? If not, can we all create one?
T. Lindt, this is your thread so I ask you if it can be expanded to include topical subjects, wish lists? We all have the opportunity of being in on the ground web floor to expand what it is by sharing ideas and investment information. When we can all materially benefit and make it a win-win, what could be better?
I appreciate your thoughts, ramblings (such as mine) and look forward to hearing from all of you.
Roger |
