Re: AS/6000

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Data entry is done by the customer, which theoretically translates to more
business with the same staff.

----- Original Message -----
From: Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 1:04 AM
Subject: RE: AS/6000


> Are you saying that your company has made more money because of an
> ecommmerce web site than they would have made anyway.
> To me ecommerce/internet only offers one new thing to mail order
> companies, that the catalogue/brochure is online. Apart from that, and
> the collection of customer information, does it really offer anything
> new over  telephone ordering/mail order?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Fritz [mailto:JFritz@sharperimage.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 4:47 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: AS/6000
>
>
> I would suggest that my employer (shameless plug) and other
> catalogers who
> have web sites have made money taking orders on the internet
> and will make
> more.  Companies in the mail order business already have most of the
> infrastructure required for doing business on the internet.  It's just
> another way of taking orders.
>
> BTW, we're not planning on dumping our AS/400.  We use it to process and
> fulfil the orders, not to mention a few other little things
> necessary to run
> the business.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pat Barber [mailto:MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net]
> > Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 11:33 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: AS/6000
> >
> >
>
>
> *****************       BIG Snip
> ******************************************
>
>
> > What was the last company you heard of that made "1" dime on
> > E-commerce
> > ??
> >
> > Call State Farm,Allstate,Farmers Insurance companies and ask them when
> > they
> > plan on changing their thousands of AS/400's to a more hip
> > machine with
> > snazzy applications that their people will like better.
> >
> > Try to keep things in perspective and you'll be fine.
> >
> > Just my grumpy opinion.
> >
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