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Strategies & Market Trends : The Millennium Crash -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (5166)	6/6/2000 12:21:00 PM
From: Yorikke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5676

off topic Hienz, we agree in general, just have different perspectives on the issue. I was never enamored with much of B2B because I couldn't understand what it is they are supposed to be doing that is so hot. On the other hand I see much potential in devising processes that increase information and efficiency within the market. I agree that it is naive to assume you can 'rip off' the business for a percentage on each use. It will not happen. One other point I would like to mention is your coffee farm example. I too get my coffee from the farm. I can not find Kona just like I get from that farm. I get it at a very reasonable price considering the quality. But, I am willing to buy a few pounds at least, and store this product. I don't believe I would want to do that with all my food products. Negotiating and shipping each one would simply drive up transactions costs. And transaction cost are what middlemen reduce for us. They will always be there, in one form or another. 'destroying profit margins' is a constant process. All businesses fight this fact every day. Change is a result. And business under profit stress is forced to change faster. Again, I see them as mutating to incorporate the internet and therefore maintaining profit. I agree that we may know where we are headed but have little idea in just what manner we are going to get there. A part of the 'bubble' burst may be the harsh realization that the story is not the fact.