...   AOL, generated $1.2 billion in sales in only 10 weeks. The next big thing in e-commerce was Napster.   Napster allowed people to download music from the Internet for free.   Founder Shawn Fanning announced on August 13, 1999 that the number of people using his website had quintupled in a week.  Napster was ... five years. Advantages of E-commerce In order to further comprehend the successes, failures, and future of e-commerce, we must first explore some basic advantages and disadvantages of this technology. The number one advantage that e-commerce possesses is speed. The Internet a...

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