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To: Stitch who wrote (1298)	12/15/1998 3:45:00 AM
From: Mark Oliver	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

Sure thing Stitch. I bought a lot on the Internet this year and even things I didn't buy I checked availability and price. If you include stocks, wow I spent a lot. Funny thing is Price Costco still beats them all if it's an item they carry. They sell often below wholesale. Especially good place to buy software. Last year, I was buying titles for 15.99 with a $15 rebate. That was Learning Company software for my kids. I see they are now being bought by Mattel. That's an interesting merger, but don't see where it will help TLC very much. I got an e-mail today from Real Networks. Fact or fiction? Speed your Internet connections up to 20 times? Regards, Mark Dear RealPlayer User, Want to speed up your Internet connection without purchasing a new modem? Tired of long-download times and network problems? For a limited time, RealNetworks invites you to download PeakJet 2000-which can speed your web surfing up to 20-times faster-for only $14.95! Read on, or download now: => realstore.com How does it work? PeakJet's technology automatically learns from your browsing habits. While you read through a page, PeakJet 2000 intelligently works behind the scenes and preloads and freshens links according to your interests. When you click, the next page appears almost instantly. All you do is download PeakJet 2000 and start surfing at lightening speed! PeakJet 2000 also offers these great benefits: - Speeds Web surfing up to 20-times faster without requiring a new modem-and works with any modem speed. - Maximizes idle modem time; intelligently preloads pages while you go about your normal browsing. - Economizes bandwidth by devoting cache to your favorite links or frequently visited Web pages. - Comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. PeakJet 2000 was awarded a 5-star rating by ZDNet. For a limited time, it is only $14.95 - the lowest price for PeakJet 2000 anywhere! To download now, visit: => realstore.com Thank you for continuing to use RealNetworks products. Maria Cantwell Senior Vice President RealNetworks, Inc. Seattle, WA USA ---------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail is delivered to users of RealPlayer who, when registering the software, indicated a preference to receive product updates and special offers via e-mail from RealNetworks. If you do not want to receive future e-mails from RealNetworks, please visit the following URL to unsubscribe: real.com;

To: Stitch who wrote (1298)	12/15/1998 8:24:00 AM
From: Yogi - Paul	Respond to of 2025

Stitch, <<Guys, I can't agree. We gotta get over this notion that e-commerce is just for bric-a-brac and books. Its value is in its efficiency.>> We were just having fun with one of the more public aspects of e-commerce. While Joe six-pack sells beanie babies on the net, GE and other companies use the true value of the internet and intranet to save billions in cost efficiencies. You may note, I have been quietly pushing GE as a technology beneficiary play for years now. All this Amazon, eBay stuff is an interesting sideshow. Yogi

To: Stitch who wrote (1298)	12/15/1998 11:52:00 AM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2025

Stitch, A little more about GE and e-commerce: GE Supply QuickLink and Oasis-- ge.com Jack Welch --Letter to shareholders "The opportunity for growth in product services is unlimited. We have the ability, using high- technology services, to make our customers' existing assets (e.g., power plants, locomotives, airplanes, factories, hospital equipment and the like) more productive, and by doing so reduce their capital outlays. This growing capability, much of it information technology-based, will enable us to increase our revenues from product services by more than 30% in 1998 — to $13 billion. " ge.com Moving faster on electronic highway-- "Moving faster on the electronic highway With the economies in our primary served markets so strong, GE ED&C rang up a record year with across-the-board double-digit sales increases. We are busy. Fortunately, the continuing rapid development in electronic commerce is helping us keep pace with this growth. The significant gains being yielded by our Six Sigma quality improvement program are being matched — with the help of electronics — by our ability to deliver better, higher performing products to customers in less time. Twenty years ago, when a fax machine required special paper and it took six minutes to transmit a single page, it was considered a luxury. Today, some businesses fax lunch orders to the local deli in a minute. And if that timeframe is too cumbersome, just select a menu item from the deli's web page and the order is placed nearly instantaneously. Technology has certainly changed our lives and the way we all do business. A challenge we all face is how to utilize that technology to competitive advantage. How do we harness the enormous power and complexity of computer-to-computer communications to improve service, grow volume, reduce costs and generate opportunity?" ge.com ....and on and on. This is the kind of stuff that keeps my long term money comfortably invested in GE, IBM, MSFT, CSCO, EMC, INTC. There really is no sense in even talking about those companies--buy 'em, hold 'em, pass them on to your children. Things like eBay, RDRT, WDC, SEG (arguable) are interesting to talk about, may be profitable to trade or hold over intermediate terms but aren't really what this is all about. My big money is on the technology gorillas and the future benefits of e-commerce and connectivity. Of course I could be wrong but, if I am, a whole lot of investors are going to have a rough retirement, Yogi