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The Walmart of the web 网络沃尔玛 The internet giants new tablet computer fitsitsstrategy of developing big businesses by chargingsmall prices 互联网巨头用低价战略，进军平板电脑市场 A couple of years after it launched its website in1995, Amazon was the subject of an unflatteringreport entitled Amazon.Toast. The pundit who penned it predicted that the fledgling onlinebookseller would soon be crushed by Barnes Noble , a book-retailingbehemoth which had just launched its own site. 1995年上线后的几年，亚马逊便成为一份名为《AmazonToast》报告唱衰的对象。编写该报告的专家预测，羽翼未丰的在线图书零售商亚马逊很快就会被巴诺挤出市场，后者是网站刚刚上线的图书零售巨头。 Far from being crushed, Amazon is doing the crushing. Borders, a once-mighty book chain,was flattened this year. B N looks likea frightened capybara running from a fierceBrazilian she-warrior. Amazon is now one of the webs most successful e-tailers. Even Apple isfeeling the heat. 亚马逊没有被挤出市场，反而变被动为主动。昔日强大的连锁书店Borders今年被清盘。巴诺看起来就像一只胆颤心惊的南美水豚正逃避着剽悍的亚马逊女战士。亚马逊现在是互联网上最成功的在线零售商。即便是苹果也感到热浪灼人。 | 
