I apologize for any indication that I felt that e-commerce was a fad. Increasing communication over the last decade, century, millenium has had a fundamental effect on trade, and the "virtual marketplace" is the latest incarnation of this. Certainly e-commerce and the Internet is not dead. My post was essentially drawing on Jack's mentioning of DSBs. I was indicating that it was a good idea, but not properly carried out by the average Joe. I am not a business student, and therefore I will add a disclaimer to such posts in the future to avoid confusion.
I am not interested in debating why the dot.com crash occured, but I do feel that e-commerce has been less successful for some, simply because some business entities have had difficulty implementing it. Like DSBs, I am simply suggesting that the proper procedure must be followed in order for the concerned parties to achieve success in the area.
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Man, n. ...His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth, and Canada. - A. Bierce, Devil's Dictionary, 1906
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