Amazon expands again.
February 12, 2001 5:32 PM Subscribe
Amazon expands again. Does anyone know a reason (other than accesibility to high bandwidth connections) that this wasn't implemented months ago?
Define "months ago." Between late October and early January you won't see a lot of new stuff launching since most of the work focus is on making sure the December holidays go smoothly.
posted by gluechunk at 12:20 AM on February 13, 2001
posted by gluechunk at 12:20 AM on February 13, 2001
It should be responding now, but if it isn't, Amazon's set-up a software store. Pay and download.
Man, Amazon frustrates the piss out of me. They're a good, solid company, they do pretty much everything right, and their business practices aren't any worse than any other corporation.
Uh, take that as you will. :-)
I like Bezos too, he's pretty nifty. But the patent thing really really bugs me. It was so much easier being righteous when Amazon just did books well. :-)
posted by cCranium at 6:05 AM on February 13, 2001
Man, Amazon frustrates the piss out of me. They're a good, solid company, they do pretty much everything right, and their business practices aren't any worse than any other corporation.
Uh, take that as you will. :-)
I like Bezos too, he's pretty nifty. But the patent thing really really bugs me. It was so much easier being righteous when Amazon just did books well. :-)
posted by cCranium at 6:05 AM on February 13, 2001
Amazon frustrates the piss out of me, too. A great site with lots of useful services for shoppers. Every time I think they've made the best possible Internet shopping experience, they add something else that makes it even better. But since I live in Washington, I get to pay 8% sales tax on everything I order from them, so I rarely do.
posted by kindall at 10:47 AM on February 13, 2001
posted by kindall at 10:47 AM on February 13, 2001
I guess selling "downloadable software" seems like such a natural fit for Amazon I was surprised they had not implemented this back in 1999, or at least earlier in their efforts to expand beyond just books.
posted by tdstone at 11:03 AM on February 13, 2001
posted by tdstone at 11:03 AM on February 13, 2001
After looking at the software I was curious why I would want to download Flash 4 software. Did I just find out about Flash and must have the previous current version? I did not see much of anything worth downloading or buying and having sent from the download center. Maybe they are looking to combine this with M$ rentable OS (XP) that you can download as you only have 24 hours before your OS is gone.
posted by vanderwal at 9:00 PM on February 13, 2001
posted by vanderwal at 9:00 PM on February 13, 2001
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