And then we look at the portals, the intermediaries who create the market space so that buyers and sellers can come together. So our space that really defines the Internet economy is somewhat broader than what has been done in the past, to the best of our knowledge. Intermediaries can help in us that regard. Just the beginning of e-commerce. I mean it only reflects a certain amount of the total Internet economy.
People interact with the Internet economy in many, many different ways.
And the University of Texas study really validated the idea that the entire business sector of the American economy certainly and the global economy in a trailing way is web-enabling itself and getting on to the Internet and starting to do business in new ways. You know, I guess where you come back to with this particular study is that, you know, as your author is pointing out, they took a fairly expansive view of what constitutes the Internet and all of its influences. It comes up with a number that's much larger than what most other people were looking at. I mean, you know, there's with a whole cottage industry in people who do nothing but come up with numbers on the Internet. That said, I would say it's on the high side.