Remember when people wondered if anyone would ever make any money on the Internet? Then the views of those who doubted were confirmed by the Dot Com bust.

If anyone still harbors doubts, you might consider the announcement today that Barry Diller's Internet company AC/InterActiveCorp is completing a deal to buy ASK JEEVES, the nation's fourth largest search engine, for about $1.9 Billion, as reported by Geraldine Fabrikant in The New York Times.  Article here.