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To: H James Morris who wrote (24121)11/2/1998 8:18:00 AM
From: John O'Neill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
>>Do you see Amzn as a competitor or partner with Aol?.<<

Barnesnoble.com states they have an exclusive contract to sell books thru AOL....

barnesandnoble.com inc. is the exclusive bookseller to America Online's approximately 13 million subscribers (Keyword: bn)
and has strategic partnerships with ten of the top twenty web sites, including ZDNet, CNN and Lycos. Through its affiliate

I wonder how this fits with AMZN?



To: H James Morris who wrote (24121)11/2/1998 10:07:00 AM
From: Bill Harmond  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
>>Do you see Amzn as a competitor or partner with Aol?.

Partner. There will be competitive aspects in that both will be positioning themselves as shopping hubs, but I don't yhink that utility will change AOL into an etailer.

I think of AOL and Yahoo as "malls." I that sense they compete with stand-alone retailers, but they also facilitate commerce among their tenants.

I succumbed and bought some eBay at 85.


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