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To: Tie Zeng who wrote (3778)	5/1/1998 1:46:00 PM
From: Winter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

>> Your ISP will not take away AOL's business. << Nor did I say they will. I did say they are superior and cheaper. >>Do they offer a place like the Motley Fool? That is a place many people addict to. Can you read what Dennis Rodman write ? You need to go to AOL if you want to.<< Lets see - no I don't want to read what Rodman wrote. If you had a faster net connection (read: real ISP) you would discover the wealth of information already available for free on the net. AOL will never be able to compete with the breadth of free info on the net. I notice you are using this service (SI) which is free at least for me. What's the matter, doesn't AOL offer something better? >>Many people will still keep an AOL account even if they can get an ISP account for nothing.<< Yes I agree that there are many stupid people in the world. Doesn't AOL offer a way to access their "premium" content from another ISP for $6/month? If so it seems that a free ISP account plus $6/month is a better deal than paying the current AOL ripoff rate. It has been well documented how poor AOL is as a pure ISP (busy signals, slow performance, email failures) >>You can argue that those big boys will not be able to compete with AMZN. Why ? Because they already have those retail stores. Whenever they make a sale on web, their retail store lose a sale. That is very painful for them. Going all out to compete with AMZN might mean they become a money-losing business from a money-making business.<< That really doesn't make sense. When someone decides to go net shopping for a book B&N's retail store has already lost the sale. By having a strong net presence, B&N has the chance to keep the customer and their market leadership. The idea that they would make a half-hearted attempt at net retail is ludicrous.

To: Tie Zeng who wrote (3778)	5/1/1998 5:16:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

You can argue that those big boys will not be able to compete with AMZN. Why ? Because they already have those retail stores. Whenever they make a sale on web, their retail store lose a sale. That is very painful for them. Going all out to compete with AMZN might mean they become a money-losing business from a money-making business. Tie, The big picture is the "big boys" will put AMZN out of business. B&N could care less if the book is sold on the net or in the store. Depending upon customer preference, B&N along with Borders will adjust. Glenn