The Wall Street Journal had a good story today about the arrangement between
eBAY and Pitney Bowes. This marriage of an Internet company and an old-line manufacturer of postage machines is a great commentary on how the "Internet Grows Business."

eBAY sellers can now download postage via a PC and print shipping labels with postage on a home printer. No special software is required. Also a user does not have to have a special postage account. Instead an eBAY shipper can transact postage transactions through eBAY's PayPal division.

Needless to say, this is a terrific boost for Pitney Bowes. It can now claim a power position in the Internet space.

As eBAY continues its rapid growth into selling just about anything, it will be able to make more and more arrangements with "old-line" companies in order to make the eBAY "experience" that much more fluid.