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To: - who wrote (60708)	6/5/1999 4:23:00 AM
From: MSI	Respond to of 164684

It's important to remember, they are not LOSING money. They are INVESTING it, in building a business. Not if they pay $650 million for $6 million worth of software, like they did last month. I agree, it is a fine site, I use them all the time, but I always check to see if they are the lowest price, since that takes about 5 seconds. All they're doing is proving features that can be replicated and improved upon elsewhere much more cheaply. They are buying my business. That's the main problem with being a non-profit tech operation. If you can run fast to keep slightly ahead of the competition, and still make money, you're golden. If you lose money, you better find a way to make some. How do you think AMZN plans to make a profit? Or do you think they'll be satisfied just being a brand, with no profit? Behavior patterns on the net, unfortunately, are a mouse click away.