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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (20259)	10/6/1998 12:34:00 AM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

William, Wal-Mart is a completley different operation, in a different sphere of reality, from AMZN. AMZN is no Wal-Mart (I know i had lots of Wal-Mart for a long while), and AMZN will have a hard time, at best, making any kind of tansition to becoming a real hard-goods co. William, how many AMZN options does Wright have? How many of them are vested? Of the vested, how many does he presently hold? Do you know? Victor

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (20259)	10/6/1998 12:42:00 AM
From: Jay8088	Respond to of 164684

AMZN certainly needs all the help it can get to approach a glimmer of profit possibility. I think this retired Walmart guy may enjoy doing something other than building toy trains.

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (20259)	10/6/1998 8:26:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

>>They have lots of expertise in managing inventory, do they? Wright joined Wal-Mart in 1985 and served as vice president of distribution from 1990 to his retirement in 1998. During that time he was responsible for more than 30 regional and specialty distribution centers, which accounted for 38 million square feet of retail distribution space, staffed by more than 32,000 employees. amazon.com; William, I never indicated that AMZN could not properly handle inventory logistics. I am stating that the marvel of AMZN was the lack of need to carry inventory. Therefore, they would be paid for their books first thus causing a great cash flow model. Has there been a change to that model? Possibly, it did not work? Just questions on my end. Glenn