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# Amazon and e-bay: programmable websites
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/amazon-and-e-bay-programmable-websites/
- Published: 2004-10-02T22:46:16.000Z
- Updated: 2004-10-02T22:46:16.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

I had not seen the phrase ‘programmable websites’ before coming across this article. 

> Amazon and eBay Inc. have cemented themselves as hubs of commerce when it comes to consumer online shopping. Now they’re emerging as hubs of software-development activity, where openness breeds innovation and innovation generates sales. “We think Web services feeds directly into making that flywheel spin faster,” Vermeulen says. \[[Web Services Pipeline |Trends | New Face Of E-Commerce](https://www.webservicespipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=25600396&ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]