<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, the web was a great place back then (I really
miss that 'flame' gif and 'under construction' banner)!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think you make a valid point. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conversely, unless a company is selling through
their website directly I believe it is largely a pointless asset; These days, a
professional corporate website seems to be a term synonymous with "loads of
flash, stock photography, thousands of words of marketing
waffle". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That can be as much of a turn off as a
dreamweaver-template startup in my opinion.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That being the case, people buy from people - if
you still get a dodgy feeling from the sales guy, don't buy!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mhoppes@gmail.com href="mailto:mhoppes@gmail.com">Matt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com
href="mailto:asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com">Commercial and Business-Oriented
Asterisk Discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 14, 2007 2:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [asterisk-biz] 800
DID's</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Everything was a "little plain" back in 1997 :)<BR><BR><A
href="http://web.archive.org/web/19981205060735/http://microsoft.com/">http://web.archive.org/web/19981205060735/http://microsoft.com/</A><BR><A
href="http://web.archive.org/web/19970605120422/http://www.dell.com/">http://web.archive.org/web/19970605120422/http://www.dell.com/</A><BR><BR>The
point I'm trying to make is, those websites were fine back then when the Web
was just starting. But if you have a website that looks like that
TODAY, that is a sign (often) that the company may be a bit shady. (ie.
They didn't take time to invest in their homepage) <BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 4/14/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Graham
Shroll</B> <<A
href="mailto:gmshroll@synteraction.com">gmshroll@synteraction.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">
<DIV bgcolor="#ffffff"><SPAN class=q>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>If I
remember correctly, even at it's start, eBay was a pretty professional
looking company. "</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></SPAN>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, it was a little plain...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://web.archive.org/web/19970614001443/http://www.ebay.com/"
target=_blank>http://web.archive.org/web/19970614001443/http://www.ebay.com/
</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>--Bandwidth
and Colocation provided by <A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://Easynews.com" target=_blank>Easynews.com</A>
--<BR><BR>asterisk-biz mailing list<BR>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options
visit:<BR> <A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz"
target=_blank>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
<P>
<HR>
<P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>--Bandwidth and
Colocation provided by Easynews.com --<BR><BR>asterisk-biz mailing list<BR>To
UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:<BR>
http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>