To: Glenn Zagoren who wrote (2180 ) 5/5/1998 7:37:00 PM From: ztect Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 8242
Dear Glenn, Please critique analysis posed in these earlier posts reposted here for you convenience ztect ================================ To: Dixie7777 (1978 ) From: ztect Monday, May 4 1998 8:42AM ET Reply # of 2176 Dix- Was thinking last night (pretty scary thought, huh?). Had an interesting exchange with Steven Packer awhile back. Told him about my conversation with an executive from AMP.Incorporated (see amp.com, NYSE:AMP) who had already been evaluating PNLK but wasn't sure how he could use PNLK services. This executive was basing his assessment admittingly so without having enough info on PNLK yet. Well anyway, Steven made a comment that made me think this through. Now check this out.... Amp, which is one of the leading industries in Fiber Optics materials, products and services with offices in fifty countries, already has a network of suppliers. BUT, business is business.... Amp can already afford many of the services PNLK is going to provide through a collage of services. However, this costs companies like Amp lots of bucks. So to have all these services available in one easy to access location for THIRTY ($30) bucks a month....30 is not a misprint, allows companies like Amp to cut overhead and improve their bottomlines. Furthermore, it gives LARGE companies like Amp, access to sources of product they may have overlooked. For example, suppose Amp could find a new supplier for "wing dings" who save them one cent on every wing ding they purchased via Pronet Link's services. Now, this is only one (1) cent...BUT then again Amp needs millions of "wing dings"...So all these pennies add up to savings which make companies like Amp more profitable and, therefore, more attractive to Amp's own investors. ProNetLink...adding value to other companies for $360 a year? I can't think of a more compelling argument. Thanks Steve!!! Participants on this thread including Glenn please evaluate and critique my analysis. My conclusions or hypothesis seems to good to be true! So Skepticism is welcome. ztect ========================================================= To: ztect (1986 ) From: Dixie7777 Monday, May 4 1998 8:51AM ET Reply # of 2176 Great point. While this may take alittle time and further refinement to the PNLK site, there is more than a good chance that their services will allow the large multi-nationals to cut back significantly on in-house overhead and out-source the same services with us. I have a sneaking suspicion that if PNLK's site and services deliver just on their original goals that the large multi's will fall in rapidly. Additionally, I believe that GZ mentioned that these big boys will not get off with just the $360 annual. They will have to pony up with much larger fees, still at a discount, but similar to a "site license" as now used by the major software publishers. They'll probably base it on either usage, corporate locations, corporate population or a melding of all three. Looks great to me. Rich