Hmmm. This could just be more cordwood for the fires of lawsuits that say
MS
is wanting to do / take over too much.
Have to admit, having widows on your TV would wipe out a lot of business.
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>From: "Gill, Kathy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'WC'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: WC:>: FW: "interactive" TV
>Date: Mon, Aug 3, 1998, 11:36 AM
>
>I guess I'm not visionary enough -- I still think of "interactive" and
>"TV" as oxymorans ....
>
>> MICROSOFT INSIDE (OF YOUR TV)
>> Thomson Multimedia, one of the largest television manufacturers in the
>> world, has reached an agreement with Microsoft to install its Windows
>> CE
>> operating software in Thomson-owned brands such as RCA and Saba. In
>> exchange, Microsoft will buy a 7.5% stake in Thomson, which is owned
>> by the
>> French government. Alcatel, NEC and Hughes' DirectTV also are buying
>> a 7.5%
>> stake each.
>>
>> "We are seeding the market for interactive television," says a
>> Thomson executive VP. "Disney is not going to develop interactive
>> programming if, looking forward to 1999, there are only 200,000 people
>> out
>> there with the right TV sets. You need critical mass quickly."
>> Microsoft
>> has struck similar deals with Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric
>> Industrial
>> Co., maker of the Panasonic brand, although those agreements did not
>> include
>> investing in the Japanese companies.
>>
>> (Wall Street Journal 31 Jul 98)
>>
>>
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>> technology, is provided three times a week as a service of EDUCAUSE,
>> a consortium of leading colleges and universities seeking to transform
>> education through the use of information technologies. The
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>> has offices in Boulder, Colorado and Washington, D.C.
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>>
>>
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