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To: TLindt who wrote (7576)	8/18/1998 10:49:00 PM
From: cm	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9343

Lindt, You Don't Need Further Proof Of Your Wizardry... Oh, and by the way, here's a little snippet of interest about, of all things, e-commerce... Snagged from tipsworld and CBS Marketwatch... Growing Net Access to Fuel E-Commerce The value of electronic commerce, the number of transactions and an explosion in the number of Web surfers will be fueled by an almost 700 percent increase in the number of ways to access the Internet, according to research from International Data Corporation. IDC forecasts the number of people accessing the World Wide Web will hit almost 100 million by year-end 1998 and 320 million by 2002. In 1997, the number of devices used to access the World Wide Web--such as Net-enabled TVs, personal digital assistants, and screen phones--was 78.1 million; by 2002, the number of Web devices will increase to more than 515 million. This will bring substantial growth in the value of goods and services sold on the Web, the Framingham, Massachusetts researchers said. The percent of users buying goods and services on the Web will grow from 26 percent in December 1997 to 40 percent in December 2002. The actual number of Web buyers will expand from 18 million in 1997 to more than 128 million in 2002. IDC predicts the amount of commerce conducted over the Web will reach more than $400 billion by 2002, reflecting a 1997 to 2002 compound annual growth rate of 103 percent.