1. A distributed object based computer system, comprising: first and second storage domains; a first host computer operatively coupled to said first storage domain and a second host computer operatively coupled to said second storage domain; first and second input devices operatively coupled, respectively, to said first and second host computers, said input devices adapted for receiving input signals from users of said first and second computers; first and second graphic display devices operatively coupled to said first and second host computers, respectively, for displaying representations of objects, said input devices and graphic display devices permitting manipulation of objects by said users; a plurality of objects, said plurality of objects including first and second primary objects (P.sub.1, P.sub.2), first and second secondary objects (S.sub.1, S.sub.2), first and second window objects (P.sub.1W, P.sub.2W) for viewing said first and second primary objects, respectively, and third and fourth window objects (S.sub.1W, S.sub.2W) for viewing said first and second secondary objects, respectively, wherein each of said objects has its own data and associated processes and wherein said objects are discrete entities that may be individually movable, copyable, viewable and destroyable in response to signals from said input devices, and wherein said objects P.sub.1, S.sub.1, P.sub.1W, and S.sub.1W reside in said first storage domain and said objects P.sub.2, S.sub.2, P.sub.2W, and S.sub.2W reside in said second storage domain; and linking means for sustaining the following object-object links: a containership link between said first primary object (P.sub.1) and said first secondary object (S.sub.1), and a primary-secondary weak link between said first primary object and said second secondary object (P.sub.1 -S.sub.2), wherein each object P.sub.1,S.sub.2) in said weak link may exhibit different representations and wherein said weak link (P.sub.1 -S.sub.2) indicates that, if either one of P.sub.1 or S.sub.2 is moved, copied, viewed or destroyed in response to a signal from an input device, the effect on all objects weakly linked to the moved, copied, viewed or destroyed object will be in accordance with a predetermined set of rules wherein if P.sub.1 or S.sub.2 is moved, P.sub.1 will remain weakly linked to S.sub.2 ; if P.sub.1 is destroyed, S.sub.2 will be unlinked; and if S.sub.2 is destroyed, P.sub.1 will be unlinked.