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To: Robert Rose who wrote (10671)	8/3/1999 4:32:00 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

LOL, Robert. I hear you! Maybe we should all apply for jobs at Go2Net! (What about parking?) BTW, the closing price is awfully depressing.

To: Robert Rose who wrote (10671)	8/3/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: RTev	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 28311

I agree that Pier 70 seems a more appropriate location for a company like GNET. I say that even though my favorite place to work in the city is in the heart of downtown. At least, they remain close to the center of the city. Bus riders will be disappointed, I suspect, since the new location is one of the more difficult places to get to by transit (requiring bus + trolley transfers) while the current location is one of the best-served buildings for transit. I figure that those foolish enough to drive to work anyplace in downtown Seattle (and there are many such fools) deserve the traffic they create. Pier 70 is among the worst spots to get to during rush hours. But once one gets there, it would be an interesting spot for all the reasons you mentioned. With Go2Net, Real, and Visio in the same neighborhood, it becomes a more energized high-tech center. I suspect there will be more restaraunts to cater to that crowd. I know Microsoft's campus well and your impressions of it from the pictures are right on target. It's designed to be insular and almost cacoon-like. It seeks to close itself off from the outside world. (But, to it's credit, it also boasts some of the finest nature-trail walking paths in the area.) But Amazon's new digs? Hmm. That building is a depression-era art deco masterpiece (generally regarded as such and on the register of historic places). It's one of my favorite buildings in town. Like Microsoft's suburban digs, it is on a large campus with a park-like setting, but unlike the suburban Microsoft, Amazon's headquarters is more closely tied to an urban neighborhood.

To: Robert Rose who wrote (10671)	8/3/1999 5:06:00 PM
From: Technologyguy	Respond to of 28311

You're right. There is huge competition in Seattle for technical and managerial talent and location and workplace can make a difference. Currently gnet has the best view in the city--47th floor windows looking over Elliott Bay to the Olympic mountains--and their new digs will enable them to not be 4 to an office and they'll have the same view, just from a lower perspective. MSFT's campus is boring--just like the whole eastside area--Bellevue, Redmond--and detracts from any attempts to have a cutting edge, hip image. It's an oxymoron to be in Redmond and be hip.