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Futurelist---reply
- Subject: Futurelist---reply
- From: cd@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 12:37:00
BILL KEELEY wrote:
>
> In his recent message concerning lists on the Internet, Richard L.
> Hannah offered up the cubed root rule -- useful information shared
> or generated is the cube root of message volume. I haven't tested
> this rule against the lists to which I subscribe, but I intend to.
> Thanks, Richard.
>
> Why is it important to determine the usefulness of the Internet and
> its lists? More and more workers around the world are spending
> more and more time on the Internet. I believe that it is legitimate
> and important for companies to ask: "Are we getting an adequate
> return on investment?" If we had an effective tool for measuring
> the cost effectiveness of Internet use, the heads of our
> organizations (university presidents, CEOs, directors) be pleased
> with or appalled by the results?
>
> How to make your fortune? Invent a Return on Internet Investment
> (ROII) model that really works. I've tried, but keep forgetting
> important variables such as conference travel -- in the midst of
> admiring my prototype, I forgot that in my two years on the
> Internet and in other forms of electronic conferencing, I have not
> attended a single in-person conference or seminar, saving my
> company thousands of dollars.
>
> Bill Keeley
> Westinghouse
>
>