RE: UKNM: Dot Com Fever

[Nicholas Tettenborn]

> > > Pubs, hairdressers, grasscutters, cinemas,

> > restaurants, milkmen,

> > gardeners,

> > > butchers, bakers, candlestick makers, they're all

> > going to be e-businesses

> > > are they?

> >

> > YES!

> >

> > > They might have a website but that don't make 'em

> > e-businesses - they also

> > > have telephones, it don't make 'em call centres.


Hmm I do sort of agree with him...There are certain businesses that I

believe will become complete "e-businesses" overnight such as retail

Insurance and retail banking. After all they are just number based

businesses.


Businesses such as hair dressers could take all their bookings or do house

calls much more efficiently. You could have a choice of what you want your

hair to look like and maybe a recommendation service for people to report on

whether that hairdresser was any good....That then will be an e-business...


Any kind of retail outlet such as a butchers, bakers, candlestick makers,

are pretty well doomed to the depths of "ye oldey" shop type of business in

some kind of 20th century theme park based in highgate. All of a sudden your

local candlestick maker is based in Missouri and has 100000 different kinds

of candles at prices that defy belief.


The only hard one is the Pub... I think it will be a while before we get

networked beer and (old word coming up) virtual reality "atmosphere" and I

am not sure that any one actually wants that.


I hate the propaganda but this is a revolution plain and simple.


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