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To: Bilow who wrote (75285)	8/24/1999 5:40:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

I think that the reason that the growth in the internet is finally showing signs of flagging is because of the difficulty getting market penetration into the population who is computer illiterate, and like it that way. Interesting pov, I think I agree. My hairdresser is like that, I don't know what it would take to get her online.

To: Bilow who wrote (75285)	8/24/1999 11:55:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 164684

OT Carl, I appreciate your thoughts re computer illiteracy. I'm not sure that even a more advanced OS will bring some people to the PC/Internet table. That doesn't mean that those people don't benefit from PCs: They may know someone or have someone working for them who is computer literate. The president of the company I work for was going to sell a personal vehicle last week, and he asked if someone could look up the Kelly Blue Book value of it. So I signed on to the internet, got the pertinent info from him, and in minutes had printed sheets showing wholesale and retail values from kbb.com . Any ordinary person might be somewhat pleased and a little bit more enthused about the internet after that demonstration. But this person simply said, "great, I have what I need now", and that was it. He doesn't have a computer on his desk, and is not even a little bit more inclined to get one after that demo of how the internet can be very useful. And why should he be? He has people who know how to do things for him. His family has an internet-connected computer at home, but of course his kids and wife does the e-mail. His kids used to sign on and open the e-mail window and sit their mom down so she could do e-mail. But she at least has since learned how to do that. It's a slow process from here on out, getting non-PC literate folks online, and more and more expensive for internet companies to reach more new users.