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To: jawd who wrote (5992)	6/14/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: Mark Myword	Respond to of 164684

>> In other words - the future of goods retailing as we know it is dead. << Ah , another grand pronouncement! We've gone from "Amazon is the No. 1 retail website" to "all past methods of retailing are dead" ! I had no idea that one money-losing , shamelessly-overhyped website , which at least 99% of the world's population has never heard of , let alone used, has had such a dramatic impact ! What will tomorrow bring ? Will Amazon become a religion ? How about a whole new culture , a new paradigm for life , that will enable us to access the site not only for books and CDs , but anything and everything we need. Perhaps they will be able to supplant the global economic system , and issue their own E-currency. All run out of an office in Seattle and two warehouses. Simply amazing. And profits need never clutter up the beauty of the scheme. It's sort of altruistic , in a way......... Just what do you do there at Amazon , anyway ?

To: jawd who wrote (5992)	6/14/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

In other words - the future of goods retailing as we know it is dead. This has become a game. I ask a question and you do not give an answer with any logic. Why is retailing as we know it dead? A little fact and explanation would help. Glenn

To: jawd who wrote (5992)	6/14/1998 8:27:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

cbs.marketwatch.com : As far as some of these Internet stocks go, I've noticed Amazon.com (AMZN) was up multiple points Thursday and I've seen some of these others acting relatively well. Do you look to that as a possible leading group moving forward? O'Neil: I don't think Internet stocks are going to make a lot of headway if the market continues in a downtrend. But the real quality ones probably sooner or later will come out of it and go on higher. America Online (AOL) is a real leader. But I don't think they can make major moves until the pressure comes off the market. The ones that don't show any earnings at all I would avoid.