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Technology Stocks : CheckFree Holdings Corp. (CKFR), the next Dell, Intel? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Charlie Smith who wrote (1049)	1/7/1999 1:26:00 PM
From: Benny Baga	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20297

To gain the most wide spread adoption I would think that you would have an attractive price at all Channels ($12.95 is not an attractive price). My gut tells me (which is probably wrong) is that Quicken has some leverage over CheckFree and has something to do with the pricing. I know Intuit is trying harder than ever to be bank friendly. The one problem I have with Quicken and QuickBooks is they don't advertise bill pay at all. I was looking at a QuickBooks software box in the store the other day, and it doesn't mention Bill Pay anywhere on the box, it did mention a bunch of other little things..I would think they could at least mention Bill Pay (It can be a nice feature). Benny(IMHO)

To: Charlie Smith who wrote (1049)	1/7/1999 1:49:00 PM
From: BitWizrd	Respond to of 20297

>>>So it's drive the direct customers to the intermediaries by pricing direct service prohibitively. Exact opposite of 99% of what is going on with the WEB today. We'll see if it works. >>> I don't think CKFR can be truly termed an Internet stock. It has only recently begun to offer web-based services, and represents only a portion of the ways in which revenue is generated. I mean, LL Bean sells stuff on the web, but that doesn't make them an Internet stock. Also, I don't think it's accurate to say that most web companies keep their content or product centralized. For example, Amazon has a huge associate network in place that allows individuals and companies to sell books through their sites from Amazon's inventory. The associates get a cut of each sale placed in this way. In my opinion, CheckFree is not an internet stock, but it's decision to move consumers to the distributors is consistent with successful Internet business models.