On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, George Goff wrote:

> Ebay must have come from the furtile mind of a master conman.  Mr. Ebay makes
> his millions (billions? Who knows, it's only money) by providing a service
> and the suckers he serves do all the work!

eBay is the world's biggest pawn shop.  There are some good deals, and
some real cons.

But as an IT worker, I take serious issue with your suggestion that
running a site with the size and traffic load of eBay doesn't involve any
work!

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon