Speaking Out: Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos
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Note: This is an extended, online-only version of the Q&A that appears in the August 18-25 issue of BusinessWeek.
Q: At what stage is the Internet as a technology?
A:
It's like the early days of electrical appliances. The Internet and the things that will come out of it are around the level of the 1908 Hurley washing machine. The electric outlet hadn't been invented yet. Nor had the on-off switch.