From: John Cuccia 

I like the idea of a seamless interface where distinctions between apps,
and between apps and the OS, are hidden (if not removed alltogether), and I
think that such an interface is inevitable.  It's kind of like Netscape's
browser-as-platform idea.

I don't know about the MS implementation, however, particularly given the
onerous copy protection mechanisms being built into MS systems.

On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:27:23 -0700, "Rich"  wrote:

>   And what in this discussion leads you to insinuate that?
>
>Rich
>
>  "Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:835aovg1ama7qr20lgm0hu84kg82hug5d3{at}4ax.com...
>  People aren't turned off by the idea of being able to do research while
>  working, they are turned off by the idea that control of their computer
>  doesn't lie completely with themselves.
>
>  On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:05:03 -0700, "Rich"  wrote in message
>  :
>
>  >   If you are curious why Amazon would like to join the likes of Dow Jones,
LexisNexis, and others in providing research services to Microsoft Office
users you should ask them.  If you feel that you would never want to use
Amazon's service, don't.  If you think that no one else would want to, well
I think you shouldn't try to speak for others.  I doubt I would use it but
then I wouldn't use LexisNexis either but I recognize that others are not
me.
>  >
>  >Rich

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