Brother-inlaw of Lou Del Tufo and Dick Brass.

Dick Brass (born 1951) is a technology investor and executive, and a former newspaper reporter and editor.

Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president for technology development, says that the technical hurdles of screen quality and battery life have been largely surmounted.

Dick Brass, vice president for technology development for Microsoft, called the alliance with Amazon.com "a great vote of confidence in what is becoming a very competitive market."

"This is a long-haul effort and the road in the past has been fraught with conspicuous failures," said Dick Brass, the company's vice president for emerging technologies.

Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president of technology development, believes that the market for electronic books will exceed $1 billion in five years.

"It will look like professionally published work," said Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president for technology development.

For the market to develop, "a lot of pieces have to fall into place," said Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president for technology development.

"There are all sorts of devices coming along," said Dick Brass, who built the first spelling checker that worked and a format for e-books for Microsoft.

Microsoft's chairman directed him to begin working with Dick Brass, a company executive who has been leading a group in Microsoft's research division to develop E-books.

Brother-inlaw of Lou Del Tufo and Dick Brass.

Dick Brass (born 1951) is a technology investor and executive, and a former newspaper reporter and editor.

Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president for technology development, says that the technical hurdles of screen quality and battery life have been largely surmounted.

Dick Brass, vice president for technology development for Microsoft, called the alliance with Amazon.com "a great vote of confidence in what is becoming a very competitive market."

"This is a long-haul effort and the road in the past has been fraught with conspicuous failures," said Dick Brass, the company's vice president for emerging technologies.

Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president of technology development, believes that the market for electronic books will exceed $1 billion in five years.

"It will look like professionally published work," said Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president for technology development.

For the market to develop, "a lot of pieces have to fall into place," said Dick Brass, Microsoft's vice president for technology development.

"There are all sorts of devices coming along," said Dick Brass, who built the first spelling checker that worked and a format for e-books for Microsoft.

Microsoft's chairman directed him to begin working with Dick Brass, a company executive who has been leading a group in Microsoft's research division to develop E-books.