ONLINE INFORMATION SERVICES

摘要

The World-Wide Web has become mainstream. Even if you don't know what it is or how it works, you know that this Web thing is big. If magazines and journals are any indication, the Web has generated as much excitement in the consumer and business communities as it has in the information community. Time, Newsweek, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes and many other well-known publications feature an endless parade of businesses and information, sources anyone can get to with a few judicious keystrokes or mouse-clicks. And all this information can be yours for almost nothing! This tidal wave of interest is introducing dramatic changes in the way online information services market their products.