Keystrokes: Don’t be suckered by hype about Web’s profit potential

I mentioned that I was considering writing a book about World Wide Web successes — companies that actually had made money on the Web. He laughed. “Is anyone actually making money?” he said. “I mean, we are, companies selling Internet software and services are, but is anyone else?”

Well, actually some people are making money on the Web, but very few. Right now, the money on the Web mostly is being made by companies that sell Internet services — firms hosting Web sites or selling space in Web “malls,” companies selling software used to get around on the Internet or set…