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To: Pierre-X who wrote (854)	9/11/1998 8:04:00 PM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2025

PX, Given (and its a huge given) the eventual availability of very high bandwidth, what do you need with a physical copy of anything that can be transmitted over that bandwidth? If you can purchase a temporary or lifetime "license" to a musical catalog, feature film, software application, news magazine, etc granting access via web (or its successor) DVD or whatever becomes unnecessary. Except, possibly, as temporary storage. Probably just a former hippie dreaming, Yogi

To: Pierre-X who wrote (854)	9/11/1998 10:26:00 PM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2025

PX, <<However I can't visualize any mainstream demand drivers for this technology.>> Actually, having a physical security barrier is a damn good idea. Individual password security is pretty much a joke to anyone with an idea of human nature. Birthdays, house numbers, telephone numbers, and very common post it notes attached to the desk drawer. Give me access to 3 offices and I'll be inside a corporate network in 10 minutes or less. Ask your secretary, I'll wager she/he can figure out all your passwords unless you've given security serious thought. Security paranoid, Yogi