http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/washtech/daily/nov98/aol29.htm Industry analysts say that sums up AOL's biggest challenge in its daring gamble to transform itself from a less-than-glamorous consumer marketing company into an electronic-commerce powerhouse for businesses, one with technology clout rivaling that of Microsoft Corp. The Netscape acquisition puts AOL on a stage where it has little experience and no success - selling services and software tools to companies that want to set up shop on the Internet. Electronic-commerce software is a fiercely competitive area where even Netscape, with its large software-development team, has barely been able to turn a profit. <snip> Suzanne Stephens, Dave Stephens Design; Ashland, Oregon 541-552-1190, 541-552-1192 http://www.KickassDesign.com/ ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
