> The most frustrating thing about the OED now is that while there > exists an electronic version of it, Oxford U.P. only sells you the > raw data, on the assumption that you have a programmer lying around > somewhere who will write you a front-end for it. I just wish they threw the CD-ROM in with a purchase of the Book. I'd love to have the "raw data." Being a pretty good coder, I'd love the chance to make my own interface to the OED a Java Version Maybe, that way everyone could run it, no matter the platform. -j