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To: memflyken2 who wrote (21561)	4/28/1999 11:20:00 AM
From: SeasideHeights	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

Yahoo said to eye CheckFree Analysts say a deal for all or part of the e-commerce bill payment company may be near By Elliot Zaret MSNBC SAN FRANCISCO, April 27 — Is Yahoo planning another multi-billion acquisition to boost its portal strategy? That was the buzz at the Hambrecht and Quist Technology Conference on Tuesday. Analysts here say Yahoo may be setting its sites on the online bill payment company CheckFree Holdings Corp., and could spring for a purchase of all or part of the company in the very near future. FULL STORY AT msnbc.com

To: memflyken2 who wrote (21561)	4/28/1999 9:16:00 PM
From: Dave Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 27307

memflyken, again a bit off topic here. Speaking of bricks and mortar. My home computer is my second one, both of which I purchased from Gateway. Both were purchased via phone and have also been available via the internet. I see now they are opening stores throughout the country. Funny how a company as successful as they are now opening stores. I wonder why. I also wonder whether it is easier for a companies such as Barnes & Noble or Toys "R" Us, who have been selling their product retail for many years, to open up a website selling books or toys or if it's easier for companies like eToys or Amazon who have been selling books or toys online for a little while to open up retail stores. I also wonder how much cash is needed by each side to open the other and how much they might have. I never have denied that a great potential market exist for e.commerce, I just have believed that if it proves successful (and it really hasn't yet, at least as measured by earnings) that competition will be ruthless. And the big retailers who have been doing it for decades, have long term relationships with the suppliers, they have a good deal more cash on their balance sheets to enter the easy to enter market, they have marketing and advertising relationships firmly in place. It looks pretty easy for them to jump in and compete and probably succeed rather quickly should they decide.