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Exactly. The guys who are going to make the most money in ecommerce are not the retailers, but the companies selling services to the retailers -----Original Message----- From: Jerome Draper [mailto:jdraper@wco.com] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 11:41 PM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: Re: Amazon.com Why do they need to make a profit? Amazon.com is a shell company that has an enormous cash flow since they often receive payment for the goods they sell long before they have to pay for them (sometimes 45-60 days later). Meanwhile, many, many businesses sell services to Amazon.com for which they get paid (advertising, shipping, telephone, internet, computers, people, etc.). If these folks are making money from the amazon.com shell who cares if Amazon.com makes money. Is this the ulitmate ponzi pyramid or what? And people (they probably vote too) actually invest in this darling of the internet company. Jerry At 02:42 PM 1/27/2000 -0600, you wrote: >Saw an interview with Amazon's owner--They do not expect to make a profit >for at least 2 >more years > >Kathy Rick > perotsystems >AS400 Operations >972-664-5523 >800-221-3935 Jerry Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976 Specializing in connecting PC's, Windows, MAC's, and LAN's to the AS/400 Representing Synapse, Apple, UDS, Nlynx, Perle, Lucent, etc. (415) 457-3431; (415) 258-1658fax; jdraper@wco.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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