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Harry: Watch out for that coffee! It'll turn you into a bug-eyed hacker!! Just one comment: >> (customers want) Interactivity (even though most don't require complex interactivity), simple to use technology, inexpensive hardware and average creative.<< Note that these features are not constituents of any single *system*, they are defined by the designer and the programmer. Just because Philips called it CD-I, does not mean that CD-I has a lock on interactivity (in fact, just the opposite) — or simplicity, or cost (this can engender long discussions), or the creativity of the product. Philips, IBM, Apple et al. want to sell you iron: YOU have to make it work! All the best: Rich Bowers