I don't think my company could afford it.

Two of three people on the Internet today prefer our product. As a company that's three years old, we're proud of that. We've just started a program to distribute 120 million copies of our product, so there are ways we can hold on to market share. Most companies would be proud of a 67 percent market share.

Take our own company as an example: We're living proof, we jump with our own parachutes.

You don't want to call it a blessing, but it is a chance. You need hope and a sense of place. These ideas have provided that. They seem to be resonating with an awful lot of people out here.

HomeGrocer.com combines a first-class front-end Web experience with the most efficient distribution model. Based on my experience at both Federal Express and Netscape, it's clear to us that HomeGrocer.com has the right combination to address the huge online grocery market.

There's a push and shove between people who want to take the beach and build condominiums and some local people who don't want to have anything to do with that.