To: bob who wrote (5836 ) 6/16/1999 12:05:00 AM From: Walter Morton Respond to of 18366
Well look at these comments and you tell me what you think:1.___________________________________________________________________ bob, in the interview at about four minutes and 53 seconds, Divid Watkins (President of Rio Divison) seems to make a point to point out that MP3 is the initial format: "... our Rio product line... a and that's the area I am responsible for which was based initially on MP3..." Further, he states that Rio is evolving and that includes the format: "... so the Rio a ... product line is evolving to support a the changes within the audio market place... things like security, new format, new audio..." (~5:29)Message 10057865 2.___________________________________________________________________ "I think the, uh ... We announced a relationship working on Lucent Technology with a company called InterTrust about a month ago... for secure content delivery..."Message 10066759 3.___________________________________________________________________ Walter: In a recent internet interview the President of the Rio Division of Diamond Multimedia Systems stated that Lucent is working with Rio and Intertrust? Eastman: What! Where did you find this?! What is the web site address?! wallstreetinterview.com (at about 13 minutes and 50 seconds into the interview) Walter: So, is it true? Eastman: I'll have to answer that with a… no comment. Message 10104757 4.__________________________________________________________________ "...added Watkins, ''But as larger content providers begin to distribute digital audio content, security becomes a critical component of delivery that we are addressing through our strategic relationship with InterTrust and our participation in the RIAA's Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI)." FWIW: Message 10070474 OT?: "The Company currently has research and development efforts underway using chipsets from a variety of companies, including but not limited to Aureal, Conexant, IBM, Intel, Lucent, Motorola, NVidia, S3, and Texas Instruments. There can be no assurance, however, that these efforts will result in actual new product introductions."freeedgar.com