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To: HG who wrote (46508)	3/19/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

>>Yes, they went up a bit today.<< Happy, yes I know. I watch it every day. I love what Chambers is, doing with his company. Do you? Ps Chambers should hire the Bezos PR machine. Don't you think?

To: HG who wrote (46508)	3/20/1999 10:48:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Why Surfing and Sipping Don't Mix ''SOMETHING NEW IS COMING,'' proclaims Cybersmith's Web site. Don't hold your breath. The New York company's cybercafes offered pay-PCs, video games, and fast Net access in a coffeehouse setting when Marshall Smith launched his chain in 1995. Up to 150 cybercafes were planned by mid-2000. But on Mar. 2, Cybersmith filed for Chapter 11 protection. Three stores have closed, in Cambridge, Mass., White Plains, N.Y., and Palo Alto, Calif., leaving one, in Indianapolis. What happened? CEO James Kirk says Cybersmith couldn't get new funding in time. He hopes to raise it within two months, but that may be tough. Says an ex-insider: ''Our concept wasn't a pure Internet play, but not traditional retailing, either.'' Some cybercafes, like New York's Internet Cafe, are going strong. But the concept's viability is in doubt. ''The idea was sound--exposing people to new technologies,'' says Stanford University communications Professor Clifford Nass. Yet we now have inexpensive computers and widespread Net connections. People can easily surf from home--where the java is cheaper.