Is it a fleeting fancy, or a life-changing love? The question inevitably lingers over today's obsession with the Internet. On one side, electronic commerce is exploding, and the stock-markets' dot.com mania seems to be migrating from the United States to Europe and Japan, and even to emerging economies. On the other, delivery snarl-ups have besmirched the reputation of electronic retailers, and profits from doing business on the World Wide Web are largely non-existent. What is one to conclude?
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