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To: e. boolean who wrote (22931)	10/25/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: Bill Harmond	Respond to of 164685

>>Does anyone see anything in an AOL/AMZN marriage that I am missing? It would be unlikely because they're two different businesses and Bertelsmann is 50/50 partners with AOL in Europe.

To: e. boolean who wrote (22931)	10/25/1998 8:16:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164685

I don't see the benefit to AOL. It seems like a Quaker Oats/Snapple kind of deal (or maybe even less symbiosis). Besides, AOL has arrangements with barnesandnoble.com and is benefiting from partnerships with Bertelsmann in expansion into foreign markets... Does anyone see anything in an AOL/AMZN marriage that I am missing? eb, You explained my position in better detail. Thank you. Bertelmann is a large player in AOL and of course, now in BKS. No reason AOL would want anything to do with AMZn except take their advertising dollars. A team up with BKS makes much more sense. Glenn