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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (32091)	1/1/1999 5:47:00 PM
From: Jan Crawley	Respond to of 164684

Happy new year! Do you have any Amzn position right now?

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (32091)	1/1/1999 5:59:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

The railroads and automobile shrunk space and time. Broadcasting (and recording) pretty-much eliminated it, but it's a one way street. The Internet has made it a two-way street and commerce enabler. The Internet is the most rapidly-adopted technology in history. You must say that the Internet explosion is different. Every new technology has been adobted faster than the prior technologies. Radio was faster than railroads and automobiles. Telvisions was faster than radio, etc. The internet was faster than radio or television and the next technology will be faster than the internet. I hear the "mania" word everywhere. I think it's an easy label, but this may turn out not to be a mania, at least in the leading companies with real businesses. The leading companys still do not have real businesses.No one in this this space does. I will even include AOL in there at this point in time. The industry is not mature enough. Glenn

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (32091)	1/1/1999 6:52:00 PM
From: Gary Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

AMZN and the Florida land speculation of the 20's... >but this may turn out not to be a mania, How about calling it a frothy feeding frenzy? >Not even the railroads or the automobile.. As you say in California....WHATEVER! The argument is semantics. Fad, mania, frenzy, trend, speculative fever, phenomenon? Take your choice. Many of us invested in the internet trends when we bought CSCO, INTC, MSFT, and NSCP (some of us). Today it is a fever pitch not consistent with reason. You called it spam, hamburger, etc. You prove our point with your response. It's a mania. Internuts! This doesn't mean that the internet is a fad as some suggested a few years ago. The environment is more like the Florida land speculation of the 1920's. Everybody knew Florida was a great place to retire. The frenzy drove prices to extremes and then thew crash. History is repeating. It's common sense, William. The Biotechs were going to end all medical pain and suffering or so said the most positive Biotech analysts. The $400 price target guy for Genentech was who? OK now that you're convinced of the righteousness of the bear argument here's the other side: stocksite.com "Manifest destiny in cyberspace" gw

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (32091)	1/1/1999 8:02:00 PM
From: tonyt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

< There has never been an in industry emerge with the momentum and life-changing < quality of the Internet. Not even the railroads or the automobile, or broadcasting. More life changing than railroads or the auto? The railroads helped develop America by moving people and supplies West. The auto helped move people from the cities to the suburbs. The Internet has moved communication from real-time (telephone) to email. Amazon allows me to pay more, and wait longer, to read a book. The Internet is evolutionary, not revolutionary. IMO, the internet does not even come close to the railroads or the automobile. Also, the internet has been around since the 70's.