Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gary Walker who wrote (32254)	1/2/1999 5:36:00 PM
From: jach	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

1000 percent annual growth rate for the Internet backbone--it will mean that every man, woman and child in the U.S. will be spending eight hours per day on the Internet by the year 2005! Gives a whole new meaning to the UUNet catch phrase: "If you aren't scared, you just don't understand." bcr.com yes, GO Internuts! If you aren't scared, you just DON'T understand.

To: Gary Walker who wrote (32254)	1/3/1999 4:39:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

What's Quicker Than Amazon.com I enjoyed ''Amazon.com: The wild world of E-commerce'' (Cover Story, Dec. 14), but it missed two relevant points. First, when I go to the bookstore I do not have to pay shipping. I surfed to Amazon.com and found a book I wanted costing $18.95 plus $4.00 for shipping. The local Borders had it--no shipping charge. If I wanted more than one item and some are not in stock, Amazon will either ship them all together or charge for multiple shipments. Either I wait, or pay much more. Second, when I want a book quickly, I've learned to order directly from the publisher so I don't have to wait for Amazon to forward the order. Douglas Wholey St. Paul, Minn. ''Internet middleman'' is redundant. The competitors that will drive Amazon out of business are not Barnes & Noble and the like. Rather they are the Web sites of the publishers whose books Amazon sells, and the Internet itself. Using extensible markup language and other improved search technologies, would-be book buyers and publishers will find each other without Amazon's help. Publishers can easily beat Amazon on speed and price and will increase their profit margins greatly in the process. It is not traditional stores that are in danger from the Internet; it is all middlemen. Online middlemen like Amazon will enjoy a brief window of success only until search technology catches up. John T. Reed Alamo, Calif.