Les Wright
Les Wright
small talk
Yes, it did come down to one thing. But I can't talk about that; it's a small industry.
people
You can do anything up here because people want to come to Tahoe. You just have to give them a reason.
guarantee hard perspective
We were negotiating very hard for our own position, and from our perspective there was a guarantee of traffic, so that wasn't too much of a concern,
bottom dozen factors half money
Of a half dozen factors on the list, I can probably tell you money was not at the bottom of the list.
sure unwind
you're going to have to unwind from that, and that's something we weren't sure we really wanted to do.
deals definitely gaps top
Sponsorships are definitely at the top of the list, then commerce-oriented deals after that. If we have gaps in our service, it's in facilitating commerce.
black view white
It's not a black and white situation. We had our view of a win-win, and (Netscape) had theirs, and we just couldn't meet.
clear deal details looked netscape saw shift single view winner
It's not clear that the winner would actually be the winner. As you saw a shift in the analysts' view (of the Netscape deal for a single partner), we saw a shift as more details were looked at.
asking bad deal mean taken
If you're asking me if we would have taken that deal, then no, we would not have taken that deal. But that doesn't mean it's a bad deal for Excite.
favorite
I do this for the kids. It's my favorite event.
estimate farther fewer future greater likelihood million near page per views
In the near future we estimate that we will have 2 to 3 million fewer page views per day. But the farther you go out, the greater the likelihood we will recapture that and then some.