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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (2245)	12/26/1999 4:41:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3543

Dale, I recently completed a large e-commerce site for an ironware manufacturer in the Midwest. One of our conversations went something like this: MrB: So Mr Client, do you use the net very much? Client: A little. Really, my wife is doing most of our shopping online now. MrB: What does she buy? Client: Books, clothing, travel services and —— live chickens for our property. When the net starts breaking down barriers in markets like live chickens, I think the fundamental future impact of the net is closer to your side of the argument. Similarly, I suppose that when radio was all that people had, nobody could really fathom the dominating power which television enjoys today. I should have asked if the chickens arrived via FedEx. <gg> “…the Internet can create entire new services that weren't economically viable before because getting the information or selling it to customers wasn't profitable.”