>From EduPage: IBM WINS MINITEL DEAL In a deal with France Telecom, IBM will develop software and services to bring Web access to France's 35 million Minitel subscribers. The move is a major part of France's efforts to jump-start its population to become more active on the Internet. Currently, only about 3% of the French population uses the Internet, compared with 20% in the U.S., and 9% in the U.K. and Germany. In addition to upgrading the aging Minitel, both France Telecom and IBM will jointly market the new Java-based system to national telecommunications providers in other countries. (Wall Street Journal 6 Oct 98) Kathy > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Production Visibility Support -- 425.234.2004, pager > 425.568.0195 > The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living > at doing what they most enjoy. ~ Malcomb S. Forbes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
