On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Cooke, Tony wrote: > right page. I would think that the idea would be irresistible if it was > universal in application, or at least run by the phone company (Telstra in > Aus) so that a search of the phone directory online would provide an > immediate link to the website, where enabled. > re the business model of the company doing this I think they are going to be battling because only Telstra and the like are in a position to deliver a decent size database and can enable this functionality any time they like - they have everything they need. > " Just a small Sample of some enabled web sites once you have downloaded > and installed the browser try them out and find out for yourself just how > simple it is. > Thats the other problem - who's going to bother with the browser? I could build a seamless interface to the yellow pages database from your current browser and it would work the same way (what I am saying here is the technology is trivial - the database *is* the problem). regards doug ----------------------------------------------------------- Doug Robb Clarity Software Pty Ltd http://clarity.com.au GPO Box 763 Phone: 0403 02 2527 Nedlands 6909 Fax: (618) 93867564 Australia email: doug§clarity.com.au -----------------------------------------------------------Received on Fri Dec 01 2000 - 16:01:01 UTC
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