When all you have are ideas and no actual business, it's hard to analyze and quantify blue-sky--one reason why Internet companies, be they in North America, seem a little shy of pursuing the profit ideal.

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The conversations were marked by phrases like "Internet time" and "customer-centric, " but fascinating as they were, no single peril emerged as the next Y2K. Instead, the experts veered from wild blue-sky prophecies to practical predictions of a more granular nature.

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