On Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 6:39:34 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:12:18 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >On 6/17/2017 5:13 PM, Cheri wrote:
> >> "Taxed and Spent" > wrote in message
> >> news > >>>>
> >>>>> Jeff Bezos is laughing all the way to the bank. Ever hear how he
> >>>>> started Amazon?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://www.biography.com/people/jeff-bezos-9542209
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Amazon started as an online *book store*. Brilliant!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bezos had the vision to realize the Internet and personal computer
> >>>>> technology was about to explode. People would be shopping online.
> >>>>> He's
> >>>>> smart. He was two steps ahead.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Unlike John Kuthe, with all his claims of having various college
> >>>>> degrees... Jeff Bezos had a vision and started a company that changed
> >>>>> the retail market.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Do I pay for Prime? No. I don't buy enough items in a year to find it
> >>>>> worthwhile. But I credit Jeff Bezos for the invention of online
> >>>>> shopping.
> >>>>
> >>>> English entrepreneur Michael Aldrich was already pioneering in online
> >>>> shopping in 1979, when Bezos was 15*. Amazon started in 1995.
> >>>>
> >(snippage)
> >
> >How many people had PC's in their homes in 1979? Show of hands, please.
> >
> >How many of you shopped online in 1979? Show of hands, please.
>
> But that doesn't mean Jeff Bezos invented online shopping. Maybe he
> was the first one who was very successful with it?

Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile, either, but he certainly
had a big impact on that industry.

Cindy Hamilton