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Amazon.com Nears 10-Year Anniversary
mopslik writes "Amazon.com is nearing its 10-year anniversary. "Soon after Amazon.com Inc. debuted 10 years ago, Jeff Bezos and his handful of employees spent late summer nights packing books in a tiny warehouse, scrambling to ship a growing gush of orders. Today, the man who has grown accustomed to being hailed the king of Internet commerce runs a global powerhouse that did nearly $7 billion in sales last year, dealing in everything from banjo cases to wild boar baby back ribs." Although Bezos has drawn some ire from his collection of patents, there's no arguing that his company is one of the most successful online sites today."
I want to buy it a present!
Best Buy can have you arrested
And make the most of it - for legal reasons, this'll be the last 10-year anniversary party you'll be able to have without obtaining prior written consent from Mr Bozo!
..dealing in everything from banjo cases to wild boar baby back ribs.
Wake me up when I can buy banjo cases made out of wild boar baby back ribs.
Starsucks
...my birthday will be a slashdot story :D
I hear that Bezos has applied for a patent on the 10-year anniversary.
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Give Amazon every patent you ever owned....
or if you never actually owned a patent, send Jeff a list of obvious ideas that he should patent.
Is this really news? Approaching a 10th anniversary, hmm? Are you going to run the same story when we actually reach their 10th anniversary? This is nothing more than a dupe in the making.
I suppose you could run a story about the aftermath of Amazon.com's 10th anniversary once it's all over, too. Fine journalism, that.
Try switching to Sanka.
This week amazon inc. filed a patent for keeping a dotcom open for 10 years. "We were the first to do this so I think its rightly ours" said amazon president Jeff Bezos.
Chances are any disscution on Slashdot will degrade into a flamewar about ID/Christianity within 14 posts.
No, for that you need EBay.
will have to blow out the candles TWICE when it's their tenth anniversary
Damn! Now they'll patent anniversary discounts presented on websites.
Terrorists can't threaten a country's freedom and democracy. Only lawmakers and voters can do that.
You just need to be more imaginative. You browse for diamonds, making sure that an expensive diamond is left in the search history, then you go out and buy a cubic zirconia!
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