A little info...
Well, since Dial Data's server that suppports my Mac stuff is down once again, I won't be able to do any TA until I call them at 830 in the morning to let them know...again. So I decided to catch up on some reading.
Forrester Research out of Cambridge, Mass has issued their anhnual e-commerce report for the coming years. the bottom line is that the $43 billiondone online last year is going to pale agains the $1.3 trillion by 2003. That Trillion, with $19 billion in groceries and replenishment goods, $32 billion in books and flowers, and $56 billion in Travel and computers. The other $1.2 trillion will probably be come from trrading commissions...At any rate, it looks to be about 9% of the total US sales. Business-to-business etailing will be the next major push, with integration software (object request brokers and web app servers merging together - Alien, know any companies in this arena not owned by netscape or Sun?).
At any rate, there should be lotsof mergers and partnerships going forward.
Scott McCormick
aka lastshadow
which is the anglicized version of my Lakota Sioux
Indian name: Nagin (shadow) Ehakela (last)
and no, I'm not an american indian, although some of my kids are.
I almost PM'd him, "My name is Steve Goldman..." |
