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To: jawd who wrote (7679)	6/25/1998 11:43:00 PM
From: Mark Fowler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

I doubt it jawd, he's a man who hopes with good intentions, but the market doesn't give a damn about that. How could you short Amzn, which lives and breaths the internet, and the internet doubling every four months? Hell Amzn is just getting started in my view.

To: jawd who wrote (7679)	6/26/1998 10:55:00 AM
From: Mark Fowler	Respond to of 164684

jawd and all don't know if you read this yet: Total spending by individuals and businesses, on products and services related to the Internet, will total $124 billion this year, soaring to over half a trillion dollars in 2002, according to research published by International Data Group's new trade magazine, Industry Standard. The research predicts by 2002 U.S. businesses will spend over $200 billion on Internet technology deployment, 20 percent of all spending on technology. Spending in areas not related to technology -- such as content creation, marketing and sales, and professional services -- will grow even faster, to more than $300 billion in 2002... Gates sees explosive PC growth In his keynote speech at the event launching the Windows 98 operating system, Microsoft (MSFT) chairman and CEO Bill Gates predicted that 60 percent of all U.S. homes will have a PC in the year 2001 and 85 percent of those homes will be connected to the Internet. In a live broadcast to more than 60,000 participants nationwide, Gates cited the availability of sub-$1,000 PCs, increased public network bandwidth and the introduction of Windows 98 as key factors that will contribute to an increase in the PC category. "The PC and the Internet will become as fundamental tomorrow as the automobile is today," Gates said. See related story. cbs.marketwatch.com