sierra....
am I the only one that sees the opportunity for GMGC to sign a deal with a portal company (i.e. YHOO)?
i don't know what you thought of the pro & con appeal of portals in post #2400, but here is the positive quasi-conclusion...as it
relates to gmgc et al, anyway:
The industry finds itself in the same position I'm in as I look at the beach from my hotel room: We're so close, but we're not there yet. And until we get our column typed and put some pants on (metaphorically speaking, of course) we're going to remain further away than we'd like to be.
Some pieces of the puzzle, early information appliances, are already here. CIDCO's iPhone, PlanetWeb's Interactive Phone, General Magic's Magic Phone are all just what a networked home needs: easy-to-use devices that provide the right information at the right time in the right place. As Don Norman, a senior technical advisor at HP's Appliance Design, said Tuesday, "Information appliances need to be supplemental to our lifestyle, not interfering."
Like the squadron of willing waiters at the Ritz, information appliances may not look like the devices we're used to, but if they're made right and less complicated than personal computers, they'll give us what we need, when we need it.
i repost this as i see another link to the red herring article
to which i referred you in #2334 in further response to your theory.
it conrtrasted wildfire & portico....i wondered if you had any
further thoughts on the marketing angles... |
