Word: useful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bezos, naturally enough, is unmoved by the naysaying because he's convinced that as more customers come to his site, he'll be able to offer the lowest prices. And they will come because Amazon simply does the best job of helping them find stuff. But what if they use his site for research, then go elsewhere for the cheapest price? Bezos has considered that as well. And he has a possible solution: "Membership clubs!" he says. "If you want to see all the information we collect on Amazon--the customer reviews, the professional reviews and use our agenting technology...
Omidyar had a typical programmer's view of the Net. He saw it as a freewheeling, authority-defying medium, and he was proud of his fledgling site's noncorporate orientation. "The first commercial efforts were from larger companies that were saying, 'Gee, we can use the Internet to sell stuff to people,'" he says. "Clearly, if you're coming from a democratic, libertarian point of view, having corporations just cram more products down people's throats doesn't seem like a lot of fun. I really wanted to give the individual the power to be a producer as well." eBay...
...this year the Department of Labor declared a critical national labor shortage in teaching areas including science, mathematics and bilingual education. In October, Congress approved $1.2 billion for teacher training and hiring, but many on the Hill say the schools won't be able to find qualified teachers to use up the funds...
...into the site, users need to enter their Harvard ID numbers and personal identification numbers, which students already use to check grades on-line...
...Students at Harvard don't just use their computer in their room," he said. "[The portals are] an easy way to keep things with you as you move around campus...