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To: Karim Allana who wrote (24558)	3/22/1999 1:42:00 PM
From: Joe S Pack	of 50167

Karim, Thanks for the post. Your post reflects a trend. But last week I got a different signal. I was attending a conference in Houston and was staying in one of the Marriott's and had a conversation with the waitress there. She is from Philipines and works in Marriott restraunt. She also does another job as a administrative assistant for her friends consulting company which consults in web development and things like that. She was curious about this conference and asked some details. So I asked about her curiosity and she explained that she likes internet, AOL and Ebay and almost got addicted. She spends long ours at night in AOL and Ebay and that she is very happy with the ISDN line in her friends company. What struck me in that conversation is that E-commerce is reaching a level where people are getting addicted to like in the case of brainless TV tube. So it is a question of time before everybody who can afford can get connected to the net. Unlike TV, which provides more than 98% of the time garbage, the net provides a lot more stuff (both quality and garbage) and people can easily get addicted to net. So this new industry will keep pushing ahead and replacing old technology and model of business. But I have to agree with you whether this exuberance will continue for ever is a question to all. I think steam is getting out slowly. -Nat

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