---------------------- Forwarded by Mark Palmer/Corp/Enron on 04/25/2000 
10:14 AM ---------------------------


"Rieke, Michael" <Michael.Rieke@wsj.com> on 04/25/2000 09:37:24 AM
To: "'hesson'" <bob.hesson@cornerstonepropane.com>, "'mark palmer'" 
<Mark_Palmer@enron.com>, "'Tom Gros'" <Tom_gros@enron.net>
cc:  

Subject: FW: begger.com & ebegger...



 >Three beggars are begging in New York City.
 >The first one wrote "beggar" on his broken steel cup and he
received ten >bucks after one day.
 >
 >The second one wrote "beggar.com" on his cup and after one day he
received >hundreds of thousands of dollars.  Someone even wanted to take him
to >NASDAQ.
 >
 >The third one wrote "eBeggar" on his cup.  Both IBM and HP sent
 >vice-presidents to talk to him about a strategic alliance and
offered him >free hardware and professional consulting while Larry Ellison
claimed on >CNBC that eBeggar uses 95% Oracle technology.  I2 announced
>BeggarTradeMatrix a b2b industry portal to offer supply chain integration
>in the beggar.  Cisco just announced that virtually all eBeggar traffic
>runs over their equipment.