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To: JBL who wrote (25101)	11/8/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

No concerns from an share-ownership point.

To: JBL who wrote (25101)	11/9/1998 3:04:00 AM
From: e. boolean	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Why would you expect there to be a negative reaction - Bezos is just suggesting that commercial concerns share information on their customers the way doctors do -- you know, like : "I found that after I diagnose a patient with diabetes, they're much more receptive to suggestions about weight loss. You've got that lucrative weight loss clinic -- how about I sell you my list of diabetic patients?" And he's counting on people actually being eager to be exploited like that. Bezos "vision" -- part Amway, part Publishers Clearing House -- is really stunning in its shallowness. Leave it to a 34 yr-old investment banker to come up with something like that. e.b.