Biblical History of Internet Business

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An old, bearded shepherd, with a crooked staff, walks

up to a stone pulpit and says...

 

And lo it came to pass that the trader by the name of

Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the

name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of

shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called

Amazon Dot Com.

 

And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou

travel far, from town to town, with thy goods when thou

can trade without ever leaving thy tent?"

 

And Abraham did look at her as though she were several

saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said,

"How, Dear?"

 

And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns

and drums in between to send messages saying what you

have for sale and they will reply telling you which

hath the best price. And the sale can be made on the

drums and delivery by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."

 

Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have

her way with the drums.

 

And the drums rang out and were an immediate success.

Abraham sold all the goods he had, at the top price,

without ever moving from his tent.

 

But his success did arouse envy. A man named Maccabia

did secrete himself inside Abraham's drum and was

accused of insider trading. And the young did take to

Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly to camel

dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich

Dominican Siderites, or NERDS for short.

 

And lo the land was so feverish with joy at the new

riches and the deafening sound of drums, that no one

noticed that the real riches were going to the

drum-maker, one Brother William of Gates, who bought

up every drum company in the land. And indeed Brother

Gates' drumsticks.

 

And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is

being taken over by others." And as Abraham looked out

over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known,

"eBay," he said, "We need a name of a service that

reflects what we are."

 

And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."

 

"Whoopee!" said Abraham.

 

"No, !" said Dot Com.

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