William:
OK - you're pretentious (and at times a bit of a blowhard as well). Did your warholian 15 minutes of fame go to your head? 8-}
Great link -- thanks. If you want to bet on amzn as a portal -- be my guest. I'm sure yahoo, aol, nscp, msn, seek, lycos, xcit, nbc, capcities-abc-disney, will concede.
<<<The acquisitions
may also present a direct threat to the portal sites, like
Yahoo and Excite, that Amazon.com depends on for
traffic.
..The company's
success in the online book market, analysts say, is based
largely on its relationships with portals like Yahoo and
Excite, which are responsible for sending Amazon.com
an undetermined but significant portion of its traffic.
"Amazon.com has to be careful not to offend the
portals," Ms. Combes says. "It has the purchasing history
and traffic to make a swift transition to a broader online
shopping hub. But without the traffic, purchasing history
means very little." >>>
Yup.
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