i think the idea goes a bit like this:
"And on the day of the (fill in cyber-deity of choice) the internet will be
accepted, adopted and nurtured for and by all. On that day the portals shall
rise and speak onto those that are a-wandering and lost "Lo and behold: step
through MY portal and the light of (fill in cyber-deity of choice)" shall
shine onto you"
I hope i don't offend by this tone of voice and *seeming* mockery of the
concept of faith, but imo it is more a notion of faith than a reliable
prediction that portals will become *that* important.
anyway: not only yahoo and siblings believe in this future, is why they're
so (over?)priced.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Suzanne Stephens [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: maandag 1 februari 1999 18:03
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: WC:>: RE: >: stop the insanity
>
> Koen wrote:
>
> >yahoo must be an incredible company to work for (if you can take being
> >"owned" for some x years): what i've heard from various sources is that
> they
> >treat their people very very well, and that everybody works like crazy.
>
> Well, now after spending $4.6 billion on Geocities, I imagine they're
> going
> to be working even harder trying to figure out how to plug the hole in
> the
> dike since Geocities lost some $19 million last year.
>
> I'm still scratching my head trying to figure out how money-losing
> companies can be worth so much money on the stock market. I can see it
> with
> a company like Amazon.com, which appears to be a viable business model.
> But
> with a company like Starseed, which has virtually no income, gives away
> its
> services, and (unlike Yahoo) hasn't been very successful in selling ad
> space... I just don't get it. Perhaps I have had the notion that
> businesses
> need to make a profit drilled too firmly into my head.
>
> Interesting view came from US Federal Reserve Chairman Greenspan last
> week,
> who optimistically sees the current Internet stock market craze as a good
> thing, because it pumps money for business development into new businesses
> before they've had an opportunity to make any money on their own. He
> likened it to a stock market lottery where the vast majority will be
> losers, but one or two will strike it rich big time.
>
> Suz
>
> Suzanne Stephens, Dave Stephens Design; Ashland, Oregon
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