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To: Randy Ellingson who wrote (105380)6/24/2000 10:42:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
But you didn't make money the first month (ramp-up expenses),

True.

and you'd be hard pressed
to serve anywhere near 10M customers.


Can't argue with that. Don't I wish I could try<G>

Scaling does cost money in the beginning. Just how
long "the beginning" lasts is an issue with Amazon.com.


Was it a requirement to try and scale so quickly?

Glenn