Sylph complained to a business with the credibility and clout to get his service restored. But there are also some fine Clues here for the rest of us. And in such an environment, you don't want your small business to depend on anyone whose president you can't reach on the phone. For a huge firm like Dayton Hudson, which owns the Target chain, to sell online, it must be assured it will have a hit commensurate with the investment. Since it's profitable, there's little downside.
Target still needs Web-expertise to enter the market, but that too can be purchased.
The result may look big, and its cost means it won't be a big hit to the company's earnings, but it'll at least be keeping up with the Joneses . Clueless this week is Vice President Al Gore , who has endorsed legislation requiring that schools and libraries buy censorware to get low-cost Internet connections. The result holds public Internet access hostage to any political kant. Pretty soon we've banned satire . It's sent free to individuals who subscribe to it.