The politics here are bigger and even more intense. Give him 20 percent of the stock in your company. Marc and Steve would be an unbeatable combo. My last piece, The Compaq of ISPs , got an unprecedented response. It seems I'm not the only one who sees an opportunity to improve Internet access for smaller net users.
Service is too shaky, professionalism is too hard to find.
But there are exceptions, services that are focusing on excellence first. I think this is the right way to go. We're in the period when reputations are being established. The initial rush of enthusiasm for the net is settling down and people are recapitulating and deciding how they want to go forward for the next few years. I know that's where I am.