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To: Dealer who wrote (52433)	5/31/2002 6:55:06 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) of 65232

Deali, I started to tell you why I wanted your opinion.....but I will not......now! You must have read my rude comment about the french and changed your mind. I had forgotten you went by the name "Dame Dealier". Obviously you must have come from South France. <vbg> Jus' funnin' of course. As far as the Micro Book goes, I have several opinions. I may not be the best to ask because I have only cozied up to approximately 5 novels in my life time. <ng> Wifey, on the otherhand, has read thousands. However, I do love gadgets, so I'd probably buy one if they were cheap enough. What I'd want would for it to be light weight (which it appears to be) and not give off a glare from the screen when reading. Perhaps it doesn't give off a glare. I read more technical books and nonfiction. Actually I look at magazines most. Probably only read a handful of articles. I mostly only look at pictures. Can this gadget reproduce color photographs? Or diagrams? Are you looking to buy one? Or are you looking into investing in the company? Is so, you should see what makes their's better than others. Do they have a lock on the patent for the encryption? Something sticks in my mind that GMST was involved with some sort of mini book device, also. Here's what I love about the technology... -It uses electrons rather than trees. -It won't clog up all of my book shelves even more than they already are. -It's material is efficiently reproduced and delivered. -It still allows the author to receive a royalty without getting ripped off by users of Napster-like services. Perhaps the only thing I don't like about it is that it appears that once you've read the material, you cannot turn around and resell it to someone like I can with my used books. It seems like the type of technology that would boom. I'd check the GMST thread or Uncle Frank and ask if they have been selling many of them. If not why? BTW, If I was the owner of the company, I'd enable it to print in every possibly language, except for french. <vbg> -ClappiLePue

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