"You can hear the patter of little footsteps."
Since when were the footsteps of ATWT (well, you can't keep typing that lump over and over) ever "little"?
In any event, it does seem to indicate that Amazon does have an idea that its future ... well, isn't. Not as an independent company, in any event. On the other hand, as a distribution arm/model for ATWT products -- favoring their publishing wing, for example, and perhaps reduced prices and preferrential distribution on video/audio products from the Warner Brothers and Turner divisions -- Amazon could actually last. (Although what they'd do with their agreements with Borders would be fascinating to see.)
Frankly, once Amazon's stock went into freefall and they signed their agreement to take over the Borders website, I always thought that Borders would end up owning Amazon. Just goes to show, never make assumptions ...
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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12/19/2001: vive la france
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12/19/2001: yemen and rumsfeld
12/18/2001: you're NOT in the army now
12/18/2001: interesting donation
12/18/2001: shame on winn dixie, indeed
12/18/2001: saudi princess
12/17/2001: new resolve
12/17/2001: a victim of the attack ... yeah, right
12/17/2001: polluters ho!