c1bernaught - 8:06 pm on Jun 8, 2003 (gmt 0)

I was having an interesting discussion with a friend who makes quite a bit of money on the web.

A couple years ago he was espousing the virtues of the webs ability to let even the smallest business participate and make money. He himself started with virtually no money and built quite a good income for himself.

Today he argues that allowing "just anybody" to build a website and make money is bad. He likes the idea of the web becoming too expensive for the little guy to compete.

I never believed the web would cut out big business or eliminate the middle man. I did see the web as a place where anyone willing to "learn the ropes" could make some decent money for themselves.

It looks like the web will simply become another market segment for those with the money to compete. That's really too bad.