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1. Do you consider this a "real"(by today's standards)ecommerce site. You need to explain your answer whether it is yes or no.
2. What forum did Boston Computer Company use to advertise their computers?
3. How much memory was in the first computer this gentlman purchased.
4. Opinion questions: Was this company an industry leader? Explain.
72 comments:
1. Yes, I believe it was a C2C because it was a buying/selling items via the internet between consumers.
2. Delfi
3. 16 kb and 2 flooppy disks
4. Yes,I believe itw as because e-commerce is now a huge industry and the Boston Computer Exchange started this revolution by forming the first e-commerce site.
1. Yes, people bought computers online
2. Bulletin Board
3. 16 kb of memory
4. Yes, it was the first company to exchange computers on the internet.
1. Yes, the computers were exchanged online which is what e-commerce is.
2. Bulletin Board
3. 16 kb
4. Yes, it was the first company to exchange computers
1. yes because the computers were exchanged online
2. bulletin board
3. 16 kb
4. yes, it was the first company to exchange computers
1. No, I do not think that this is considered a real Ecommerce site because nothing is being bought, sold, or traded on it.
2. Delphi
3. 16kb
4. yes, it was a industry leader because it was the first of its kind.
1. I do not consider this a "real" e-xommerce site. An e-commerce site would allow you to buy or sell online. ALl this did was post on a wall of text what was for sale, and would take phone calls to make sales.
2. Delphi
3. 16 KB of memory
4. This company was close to an industry leader. Being the first to "advertise" sales online lead to the ability to buy and sell completely online. Many other businesses came from their design, so in a sense they were a leader. But in a sense, they were also not a leader.
1.I do not consider this a "real" ecommerce site because you can't really buy or sell on line. The original company had posted on bulletin boards and then became the first e-commerce site on the internet but it does not hold up to modern standards.
2. The forum that Boston Computer Company used to advertise their computers was a place called Delphi.
3. There was 16 kilobytes of memory in the first computer this gentleman purchased.
4.I think this company was an industry leader because they had a bunch of ideas and had a large influence and impact on how some e-commerce sites operate today.
1. Yes, I would consider this a "real" ecommerce site because they were buying, selling, and trading products through the internet.
2. Bulletin board was the forum Boston Computer Company used to advertise their computers.
3. The first computer this gentleman purchased had 16 kb of memory and 2 floppy disks.
4. Yes, it was an industry leader because it changed the world of business immensely.
1)I would consider it a "real" e-commerce site because it established a C2C business. Consumers could post their items for sale and others could respond with their needs. It's a simpler version of today's craigslist.com
2)Delphi Bulletin Board
3)16KB
4)I believe this company was an industry leader because it was the first of it's kind to provide an outlet for consumers to conduct business around the world.
1 no i dont think its real e commerce but at the same time it is. the definitoin of e commerce is selling something online. all he did was advertise them online. but he was the first person to do it so i think he deserves credit.
2 they used the white and yellow cards and they put them online so that anyone could see them.
3 they had 16 kilobits
4 yes they were a leader because they were the first.
1.NO,sale where not done over the internet. today's ecommerce sites have online payments.
2.bulletin boards.
3. 16 kilobytes of memory.
4. I think it was an industry leader at that time.computers where the top technology at that time.
1. Do you consider this a "real"(by today's standards)ecommerce site. You need to explain your answer whether it is yes or no.
no, there is no way to purchase the goods online, so it is more of an online catalogue
2. What forum did Boston Computer Company use to advertise their computers?
A bbs on Delphi video text
3. How much memory was in the first computer this gentlman purchased.
16 kb
4. Opinion questions: Was this company an industry leader? Explain.
Yes, they started ecommerce by advertising their products on the internet, and other companys followed their example.
1. I would consider the company an ecommerce site because their post on the Delphi Bulletin Board was seen on other places around the world and all of their business was done via the computer/technology.
2. Delphi
3. 16KB
4. I believe this company was an industry leader because they started a wave of companies that no longer had to deal with tons and tons of paperwork and were able to have a much wider audience of customers from around the world.
1. I do not, by todays standars considers this to be a "real" ecommerce site because they were not electronicaly exchanging money.
2. The forum the Boston Computer Company used to advertise their computers was bulliten boards.
3. The memory of the first computer he purchased was 16 kilobites and two floppy disks. There was no harddrive.
4. I do believe that this company was a industry leader because it gave many people the idea of buying and selling goods on the internet.
1. No, because you weren't "actually" buying and selling products through the online store. You would post what you wanted to buy or sell, and then you'd meet up with the person to do the exchange.
2. The Boston Computer Company used a bulletin board on Delphi to advertise their computers.
3. The first computer that this guy bought had 16 KB of RAM and 2 floppy disks. He didn't have a hard drive.
4. I think it was, because it gave way to later companies that use similar ideas, such as Craigslist and eBay.
1. No, because the boston computer exchange did not actually deal with money online. Only the product and product information was posted.
2. Delphi:General Videotext
3. 16 KB
4. Well, technically he was the industry leader because his company was the solitary company in his field. He could be considered a "Founding Father".
1. No Because you can get a computer at any store or trade them on the manufacters website for a cash exchange and upgrade
2. BBS
3. 16KB
4. No I dont think so because they did not have the ability to become a multi million dollar industry
1. I would consider this a real ecommerce site because the definition of ecommerce is buying and selling over the internet and thats exactly what happened.
2. The Boston Computer Company used the Bulletin Board System to advertise their computers.
3. The computer the gentleman purchased had 16 kb.
4. I think this company was an industry leader because it was the first sale online, therefore leading other companies to do the same.
1.I don't really consider this as a "real" e-business by todays standards since the products weren't bought online, they mailed checks.
2. a bulletin board on Delphi
3.16 KB
4. yes, since internet business was pretty much unheard of, Boston Computer Exchange opened the gates of internet commerce
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1. I do consider this to be a real e-commerce site because it involves the process of selling and advertising over the internet.
2. Delphi.
3. 16 kilobytes and 2 floppy ports.
4. This company was an industry leader because it was the first business to sell and advertise their products over the web effectivley, therefore making them the leader in this type of business.
1.I would consider this a real ecommerce site because it was the exchange of computers from one consumer to another. It is a similar to what ebay is today.
2.The Boston Computer Company used the Bullitin board system as there forum to advertise their computers.
3.16 kb was the amount of memory the first compputer had that he purchased
4.I believe this company was an industry leader because it was the first time online sales were occuring.Therefore, it started the ecommerce industry.
1 Yes i think it is real, the company is very similar to some modern companies like ebay, you put somthing up to sell only difference is the person doesnt have to sort through to find what they want they just enter it in and the company found matches.
2 Delphi: General Videotext
3 16 Kb
4 Yes, the company started ecomerce and was very successful.
1.I do not consider this a real ecommerce site because although they did their advertising on the web, they did not actually sell the computers there.
2. The forum the Boston Computer Company used to advertise their computers was bulliten boards.
3.The first computer this gentlemen purchased had 16 kilobites of memory.
4. I believe this company is an industry leader because once they started advertising their computers online, all the other buisness saw how well the people were responding to this idea and wanted to follow in their footsteps.
1. Yes and no. I think yes because it was doing business on the internet by showing the products. I also think no because they wernt actually selling the products online.
2.Delphi: Generic Videotext
3. 16 KB, thats huge.
4.I would say it was back then because buying and selling computers was a huge business and they took advantage of it electronically.
1.not really because there wasnt mass demand of their product
2. a bbs on a delphi video text
3.16kb
4.yes because it started e commerce
1. No, because nobody else had internet so nobody could make the exchange over the internet.
2. Bulletin Board
3. 16 kilo bytes
4. Yes, because they started ecommerce and the use of the internet.
1. No, because not all of the business was done on the web.
2. The Boston Computer Company used the web.
3. The computer could keep 16 KB.
4. Yes, because it introduced the beginnings of using the computer as a means for business.
1. No, because no one else at that time had a computer so no one could buy or sell over the internet
2. Bullitin Board
3. 16 kilobites
4. Yes because since they started the ecommerce trend and the use of the internet.
1. Yes beacuse he was selling and exchanging and uploading data on a the internet.
2. They uploaded there data to a bultin board.
3. The first computer he owned had 16 kilabites of memory.
4. Yes beaucse they were the ones who started it.
1. Yes because he was able to put on a bigger computer's bulletinboard and that allowed some one from Chile to buy computers
2. They used a larger computer's bulletin board.
3. His first computer had 16 kilabits of memory and 2 floppy disc drives.
4. Yes because it was the only company to do what it was doing so it was the leader.
1.Yes, because they used the computers to upload the data to the bulletin board.
2.They used a bulletin board or DELPHI system
3.16 kb of memory
4.this company started the idea for e-commerce that spread out into the e-commerce we know today. This company was an industry leader
1. By today's standards, no. The e-commerce today is much more complex than just having business on a bulletin on a website.
2. The Boston Computer Company used a bulletin on a website that created business.
3. There was 16 kilobites a memory in the computer the man purchased.
4. I believe it was an industry leader because after the bulletin was put up, the business bombed and encouraged the business of others.
1. I don't consider this a "real" e-Commerce site because its not online selling, they are selling by a sheet of paper.
2. The Boston Computer Company used paper cards to sell the computers, bulitin boards, and it was advertised in newspapers.
3. The first computer had 16 kilobites and 2 floppy disks.
4. I think this company was an industry leader because they made computers become more popular, but I don't think they were a "real" e-Commerce site.
1. yes because they used the computers to upload their first data to a bulitin board.
2. they used the delphi general videotext bulitin board to advertise their computers.
3.16 kb of memory
4.yes because they were the first ones to do sell computers throught the us and even the world
1. By today's standards I would not consider this a real ecommmerce site. The buying and selling did not actually take place online.
2. The Boston Computer Company used sheets of paper to collect what is being bought and sold, and they posted them on a bullitin board.
3. The first computer he purchased had 16KB of memory on two floppy discs.
4. This company was an industry leader because they were the first company to start to use computers/the Internet for their business.
1. I do not consider this a "real" e-commerce site by today's standard because an e-commerce site today is one that involves transactions through the internet.
2. The forum that Boston Computer Company used to advertise their computers was just a simple bulletin board.
3. 16 kilabits of memory were in the first computer this gentleman purchased.
4. Yes, I think this company was an industry leader because it was the start of e-commerce.
1. No. This isn't an e-commerce business by today's standards. e-Commerce today involves transactions through the internet whereas this involved the sale of products where the data is kept on the computer.
2. The forum the Boston Computer Exchange was a bulletin board. The internet hadn't boomed yet so there wasn't much point.
3. The memory on the first computer the man bought was 16 kb.
4. This company was an industry leader because they were the first to use the computer to store the data. This eventually led to e-commerce websites like Amazon today.
1. It would not be considered a e-Commerce site today because the exchange is not done online.
2. The newspaper.
3. 16 kilobites in two different floppy discs.
4. Yes, he was. He was the first example of using the internet to network commerce. Even though the payment was done traditionally, he pioneered the idea.
1. This is not considered a "real" ecommerce site because business was not done entirely online.
2. They used a website to advertize their computers.
3. There was 16kb of memory in the computer.
4. This company was indeed an industry leader because it created an industry that did not formerally exist.
1. No, they were not completing the purchase online.
2. Delfi's.
3. 0.
4. Yes, they helped to start a whole new type of commerce.
1. I wouldn't consider this a real e-Commerce site because he only sold one type of item and it wasn't available all over like it is today.
2. The Boston Computer Company advertised their computers on bulliten boards.
3. No memory was in the first computer he purchased, but there were two floppy-disk slotsthat could store memory.
4. Yes, the Boston Computer Company was an industry leader because it was the first company to develop an e-Commerce site. Today e-Commerce has developed into a big company that most companies use today.
1)I wouldnt consider this a real ecommerce site based on today's standards because the people who wanted to buy and sell computer had to live in Boston, MA to be able to access the bullitan boards that the data table was posted on. Today a person can live anywher in the world and be able to search for or sell an item on an ecommerce site.
2)Boston Computer Company used bullitan boards to advertise their computers
3)There was no memory within the computer that the gentlman purchased.
4)This company was deffinatly an industry leader because they were the first to buy adn sell anything over the internet through ecommerce and the made it easier for people to buy and sell computers. For this reason, it became very popular among the public
1.Yes because they sold on the internet.
2. They Delifi system.
3.There was 16kb of memory in the first computer.
4.It was a leader because they were the company that sold online.
1. Yes I would consider this a real e-commerce site at the time it was made, but now I would not because the sale was not completed through the internet.
2. They used Delifi System.
3. His computer had only 16 KB
4. Yes becaue it was the first to help make a sale over the internet.
1. In a way, because they are using the internet to sell their product, but it's not nearly as intuitive as the more modern e-commerce sites.
2. The Delifi system
3. 27 Kb
4. Yes they gave the internet a new purpose, as a business frontier.
1. No, this is not an example of an e-commerce business by today's standards. Today the E-commerce involves transactions through the internet, and the transaction made here was only made locally.
2. The Boston Computer Exchange used a bulliten board as the forum. The internet had not yet boomed so it wouldn't have been effective to use the internet.
3. 16 kilobytes of memory was the maximum capacity.
4. I don't believe that this company was a leader because it was sort of a basic and practical way to send out data. However, it was a good start for the industry.
1. I don't belive it would be considered e-commerce today because the exchange did not occur online.
2. The boston computer soicity was the forum.
3. The first computer had 16KB of memory and used floppy drives for storage.
4. It may have not been the top of the market but they were definetly doing something diffrent.
1. I would say yes because they sold computers online, which is what an ecommerce business is.
2. Bulletin boards.
3. 16kb.
4. Yes, because they were the first ones to upload data, and they were one of the first businesses to do business online.
1.Yes and no. While the site uses computers to buy and sell computers, the user cannot pay online and have it delivered. They still had to meet in person.
2.Bulletin board
3. 16 kilobytes of mmemory and 2 floppy disks
4.I believe so. They took the first steps towards a real e-commerce site. It showed people a new way to do things.
1. Yes, because they were buying and selling online. It's much more complicated now, but they were still doing business on the computer.
2. They used the Delphi company's online bulletin board to advertise their computers.
3. The first computer he purchased had 16 kilobytes of memory.
4. Yes, because they showed other companies that it was possible to successfully do business online. Other companies probably saw articles about them in the newspaper and were inspired to do something similar.
1. Do you consider this a "real"(by today's standards)ecommerce site. You need to explain your answer whether it is yes or no.
No, I do not consider this as a "real" ecommerce site beacuse they still had to sell computers with paper.
2. What forum did Boston Computer Company use to advertise their computers?
Boston Computer Company used business boards to advertise their computers.
3. How much memory was in the first computer this gentlman purchased.
16k memory with two floppy disc drives.
4. Opinion questions: Was this company an industry leader? Explain.
Yes because they started a business of selling items through the internet.
1) I think by todays standard when they started out they are not an ecommerce site because they are not exactly using the internet to do commerce. They just used the computers to help their buisness work more efficent and run faster. After a while the started using a online bullent board to post things for others to see. This is difiantly a form of ecommerce but they are not doing everything over the internet.
2) 16 kilobites of memory and two floppy drives
3) 300 bit per second
4) this company was an undustry leader because they used computers to make the way their buisness worked much more effient and work faster.
1. I dont consider this a "real" ecommerce site because they still have to buy and sell computers through paper.
2. The Boston Computer Company used bulitin boards to advertise their computers.
3. There was 16 kilobites memory and two floppy drives in the first computer this getleman purchased.
4. This company was an industry leader because it started the whole computer business with buying and selling and then moved into making a real ecommerce site.
1. No, because they sell and buy by slips of papers and advertising by newspapers and a bulletin board on a local site. They don't actually sell by the internet, they gave out information of the sell on the internet for people to call them and buy it.
2. They used bulletin boards on local sies, and newspapers.
3. 16KB of memory, and 2 floppy drives.
4. Yes, because they started a revolution of selling items through the internet.
1. By today's standards, one wouldn't consider this business a true ecommerce site because it started off with simple cards being written on. You could not go to a website and put products in your cart.
2. This company used Delphi to advertise their computers. Once they were put onto the bulliten board, within a day someone in a different contenent who was interested in their business contacted them.
3. His first computer had 16 kilobits of memory and 2 floppy drives.
4. This company was an industry leader and the begining to e-commerce. No one else at that time had ever thought of doing something like this, so they definately started a revolution.
1. Yes because commerce is about buying and selling and that's exactly what this company was doing. They just completed this task online which is what e-Commerce is.
2. The Boston Computer Comany used Delphi as a forum to advertise their computers.
3. The first computer had 16 kilobytes of memory and 2 floppy drives. It had no hard drive.
4. I do think that this company was an industry leader because they were the first to buy and sell a product over the internet. They started the whole industry of e-Commerce, an industry that has made clothing and electronic companies even more successful.
1. Yes, the Boston Computer Company is a "real" e-Commerce site. Even though it didn't start as an e-Commerce business, it was eventually launched on the Internet, making the first e-Commerce site.
2. The Boston Computer Company used 'Delphi' as a forum to advertise their computers.
3. The first computer this gentleman purchased had 16 kilobites of memory.
4. Yes, this company was an industry leader. Boston Computer Company was the first e-Commerce business and opened the doors to more types of e-Commerce businesses. These business ideas were just sitting around waiting for an entreprenuer to make them into a business. This provided endless possibilities for new businesses.
1. Going by todays standards this would be a real e commerce site because he is making money by using the internet.
2. The Boston Computer Company put their information on a bulletin board at a delphi which was a place that had 12 modums.
3. The first computer the person had purchesed had 16 kilobytes of memory and 2 floppy disks.
4. This company is an industry leader because they were one of the first companies to actually do things on a computer that were related to their sales. This meant that they were a "leader" of this new way to conduct commerce.
1. I do consider this to be a real ecommerce site because he made a sale online, which is what we are doing today. He was just using a much different method of getting the sale.
2.The Boston computer Company used a Delphi bulletion board to advertise their first computer and make the sale.
3.The first computer that he purchased had 16 kilobites of memory on it.
4. I think that this company was an industry leader because it was the first to make an online sale.
1. By today's standards, this is not a true e-Commerce site because the information is posted on line, but you have to do the actual exchange in person.
2. The Boston Computer Exchange used an electronic bulletin to advertise their computers.
3. His computer had 16 kilobytes of memory and 2 floppy drives.
4. I think that this company was a leader because they were the first to bring any kind of bussiness online. Even though they were not a true e-Commerce site, they did pave the way for other companies
1.Yes it is since it is a site on a computer where you can buy and or sell a product.
2.They used the Delphi bulletion boards to help advertise their computers.
3.16 kilobytes with two floppy disk drives.
4.In a sense yes since they are the first to buy and sell computer on a computer.
1.I think no becuase even though the info was thier i think they still needed to talk to someone in person.
2. The forum that Boston Computer Company used to avertise thier computer was a bulletin board.
3.Thier was 16 Kilobites of memory and two floppy drives.
4.I think yes this company was an industry leader, cause back then tecnology was not that good and they could have been one of the really good ones.
1.No, because even though you could do things online through the site in the end the purchase had to be done by a human.
2.To advertise, Boston Computer Company posted things on a bulletin board.
3.There was 16 kilabites of memory and two floppy drives.
4.I think this company would have been an industry leader then because technology wasn't that great and computers were not even close to what we have today.
1.No,although their info as online they had to do buisness in person
2.They used a bulletin board to advertise their computers
3.It had two floppy disk drives and sixteen kilobytes of memory
4.Yes, they did something no one did before; and even though I dont consider it to be a true ecommerce site they opened doors for real ecommerce sites.
1. By today's standards, this is not a "real" ecommerce site. If it was an ecommerce site today, he wouldn't have had to go and find people who wanted to sell/buy computers and post them himself. Many sites today the sellers can post their item themselves and the buyer can surf the website, find what they are looking for and contact the seller themselves.
2. The Boston Computer Company uses a bulliten board to advertise their computers.
3. The first computer he purchased had 16 kilobytes and 2 floppy drives.
4. I think that this company was an industry leader because it eventually led to the more advanced ecommerce sites we have today. It is a longer process than what we have to do today but it had an influence on how ecommerce sites are used and made today.
1. Yes, I believe it is because, they sell computers on the internet. Though compared to now it is slow, it still did the same job as e-Commerce sites today.
2. The Boston Computer Company used a company by the name of 'Delphi' to post their items on their digital bulletin board.
3. There was 16 kilobytes of memory on his first computer
4. Yes it was an industry leader, because it was the only company, of its time, selling computers with e-Commerce. By using e-Commerce, the company was able to be much more efficient and sell worldwide instead of locally.
1. I would concider this not a real ecommerce site. This is because in was not on the internet so it is not a site.
2. The Boston Computer Company used a electronic bulletin board.
3. There was 16k of memory on the first computer he purchased.
4. Yes this company was an industry leader. this is because there wasn't any thing else like it.
1. Yes, I do consider this a "real" ecommerce site by today's standards. You're buying and selling things on the Internet, so that is considered ecommerce.
2. They used the Delphi: General Videotext to advertise their computers.
3. 16 kilobytes of memory and two floppy disk drives.
4. I think this company was an industry leader because it was the first to use ecommerce and it lead other businesses to using ecommerce.
1. Yes, I consider this to be a "real"(by today's standards)ecommerce site. E-Commerce is simply selling and trading on the Internet.
2. Boston Computer Company used Delphi: General Videotext toadvertise their computers.
3. There was 16 kilobytes of memory and 2 floppy disk drives.
4. Yes, this company was an industry leader because it was the first company to ever take that extra step to come up and bring commerce to the Internet.
1. I don't think that this is a real e-commerce site due to the fact that a real e-commerce site means that you can browse and purchase products or services over the internet.
2. The electronic bulletin forum
3. 16 kilobytes
4. I think that this company is an industry leader because of developing the idea of e-commerce increases the demand for computers to develop a company's site which increased the company's sales of computers.
1. No i do not think it is a e commerce site because they didnt have the information on the computer for people to search themselves, as they do now.
2.The billboard system.
3.16kb of memory and two floppy discs.
4. Yes because they started the beginning of E-commerce
1. According to me I believe that this was not an ordinary ecommerce site, however I believe it was a "real one". E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods and
services on the Internet. I believe that buying and selling was going on and the boston computer company was the middle man.
2. The forum was an electronic bulletin board. To get to the bulletin board you have to enter a phone number type thing and you could view what you could was for sale and you could put computer for sale.
3. In the first computer this gentlman purchased there was 16 kb of memory. That is very tiny compared to today.
4. I believe this company was an industry leader because no other company could have been more efficient at reaching a wide range of people who were willing to sell or buy computers. They were the only traders who could reach there target audience in great numbers.
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