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To: Steve Robinett who wrote (24017)6/25/1999 1:21:00 PM
From: Ed Forrest  Respond to of 41369
 
>>Ed,
So it wasn't any MSFT bumbling (I don't believe they bumble much) but demand for the product. <<

Steve
Microsoft took a 5 million dollar stake in WEBTV in 98 or maybe 97,no earlier than that.If it had been Microsoft's product from launch the story would be much different.
Ed