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To: marion (Hijacked) who wrote (24762)	11/6/1998 2:06:00 PM
From: e. boolean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

As if the customers (rather than the investors) had any concerns about the B&N/Ingram deal! They were quick to respond to this - why still no response on the WMT lawsuit? They can use their new pose as David in both camps - too bad that conflicts with their "world's biggest bookstore/Kmart of the web" bravado. e.b.

To: marion (Hijacked) who wrote (24762)	11/7/1998 9:31:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

"To our customers: Worry not," said Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. "Those who make choices that are genuinely good for customers, authors, and publishers will prevail. Goliath is always in range of a good slingshot." Jeff, I trust you on this. I know you just banked $25 million in cash less taxes from a company that lost every penny of the IPO money and $33 million more thus far. This $25 million makes you a reasonably wealthy man and excludes the other shares of AMZN you still own. I was wondering if you would like to explain why you have the $25 million and the company you started has never made a profit or even close. Since the money was not "earned," you might want to explain whose money it was in the past. I am curious. Glenn