Re: UKNM: Dot Com Fever

[Speechrad]

You make some excellent points james, I'd just add to your point 4


In a message dated 11/04/00 11:14:40 GMT Daylight Time,

jamesbdmedia [dot] co [dot] uk

writes:


<< 4) my own view is that the only true e-business propositions are those

 that couldn't have happened without the communications infrastructure

 and universality that the common standards and worldwide reach of the

 internet has given us. That's the challenge.

  >>


Or whose business is completely tranformed into electronic means -

information and entertainment providers can and do 'provide' now. * e- *

will

change their businesses so that *potentailly* they can access more clients,

customers, viewers, listeners etc than now *eventually*.  However, it will

take time, two thirds of the world's population have never used a telephone.

There may also be a good market for those that don't go 'e-', probably

dealing with wealthy customers or those who are extremely poor.


Hand crafted goods sold only at exclusive real world outlets and door to

door

catalogue sales of goods at high margins to those who the e-banks deny bank

accounts.


It is not essential for everyone to go 'e-' there are plenty of people who

will be able to make a living for the duration of their lives without doing

so. Some may never go 'e-', some trades, services or professions may

disappear altogether because there simply is no market for them.


Predicting that something will happen is a dangerous game. Mobile phones

might be made illegal if the health scares turn out to be true.



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