Looking in the library of posts, I found the following quotes from Allen about NCI and WIND. It seems that the connection between the companies is more than philosophy:
"...the importance of eNavigator is now more understandable than before, and bodes well for the
company. eNavigator obviously cements the partnership between WIND and NCI, and it is now very clear that
NCI will be forthcoming with numerous high-end embedded software products – along the lines of Digita
running on top of VxWorks. Recall that NCI's Enhanced TV already is a Digita-type product that runs
agnostically on top of an RTOS. Enhanced TV probably was developed using VxWorks, so one would expect it
to be the easiest and quickest path to market for a set-top box maker incorporating NCI's Enhanced TV, but
other choices are possible. Now it appears that NCI sees the light, and most future products rolling out of NCI
will be tied specifically, or regliously, to VxWorks via eNavigator."...Post 3645
Also:
"... Internet Appliances won't garner significant public enthusiasm probably until NCI goes public, later this year.
Should NCI hold the promise of Hot Ramp growth, then WIND must begin rapid dominance of that space,
holding nothing back.
You might note that Michael Kertzman, the highly regarded NCI CEO, will be a keynote speaker at WIND's
upcoming Developers Conference in May. A synopsis of his address is interesting:
Technological innovation in the coming new century will still be built on microchips and software, but we'll be
using digital devices – not PCs. These devices will be simple, they'll be cheap, and they'll do a few things very
well. But you won't access the Web from your microwave. Herewith the CEO of Network Computer debunks
the myths surrounding information appliances and the Internet in a post-PC universe." Post 4576 |
