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To: Rob S. who wrote (12340)	8/2/1998 7:44:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

A new internet standard called "Open Profiling Standard" or OPS will appear in browsers soon. What this standard does is to provide a standard way to store users information, such as name, address(es), phone numbers, e-mail addresses, credit card numbers, etc. and present these to various sites under user control. The user can, for instance, just submit their basic information but not their phone numbers or credit card info. And vendors can request that additional information be provided, such as browsing and purchasing preferences. Rob, I like this very much and it makes sense. The Mac has a utility one can buy that will type programmed information with a mouse click. This is a third party concept but one I use so I do not need to type the charge card number, address, etc. over and over. Glenn

To: Rob S. who wrote (12340)	8/2/1998 8:46:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 164684

>>Who should speculators believe? Amazon's management and industry experts or their own wishful thinking? Being long Amazon is just as intellectually and emotionally challenging as being short. Holding either position is hard work. Wishful thinking is the last practice anyone wants to rely on, and your contention that to disregard your summary of what Amazon or industry experts are saying means that we are therefore involved in wishful thinking is shallow and cynical. When you can point to any real trouble in Amazon's execution, and we longs disregard it, then tell us we are wishful thinkers.