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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mad2 who wrote (1442)	5/3/1999 1:35:00 AM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3543

#2 Why? Because the "new money" princes have achieved dominance in financial social circles, and the best way to maintain that power is to destroy the market the day before goldman sachs goes public. Date? Monday 3, 1999 The "new money" has made their lifetime fortunes on internut stocks, and have fully (but quietly) exited from them. Monday will be a day of reckoning as the daytraders suddenly cannot find a greater fool.

To: Mad2 who wrote (1442)	5/3/1999 1:48:00 PM
From: Enam Luf	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3543

Threat to AOL and other ISP's? The main threat I percieve at this point are the coming generation of High-speed ISP's. My little nickname for these companies are HI-SP's (DSL, cable, wireless, and the like). If AOL and other big name access providers are slow to upgrade their networks, I think many more of these type companies will emerge and today's leaders may fall victim to smaller, more nimble, and faster providers. These new technologies are first now becoming viable and (especially regarding some of the wireless access technologies) in a few years could be economically feasible for home based end-users. Enam

To: Mad2 who wrote (1442)	5/3/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Siva Uppalapati	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3543

Mad2, Thank you for your response. I think AMZN is building a good name recognition and even if it gets a certain segment of customers, it could be a good business. I am assuming once they build a brand name recognition and deter other would be contenders in that area, if they start cutting down on their advertising budgets, it could be profitable. Of course it is a lot of "IF's". Again I am trying to guess, at what point it may be a good business, and what price one can buy it ? Or to put in a different way, under what situations and price you would buy ? Thank You Siva