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To: Pete Mason who wrote (2298)	7/14/1999 12:13:00 AM
From: Timothy Detjens	Respond to of 2443

Talk N' Play = iConference = iEducate = TeenLink = No R&D? I was struck by looking at iConference when it was officially released last month, and I saw that it was just Talk N' Play with three more buttons (that add the t.120 sharing standards, another non-proprietary thing). But I remember wondering why the hell it said "TeenLink" on it. Now I know. Teenlink, iEducate (which isn't a seperate product either, considering ex-Amicus is using iConference), and iConference have nothing different about them. See:http://www.wecantalk.com/iconference/ There's TeenLink. Why are they trying to pan the same crap off to shareholders under a different name? >I did think they were smart by not even attempting to put this into the retail environment, though... at least they're learning _something_ about how else to move a product line that doesn't sell... But curiously they still seem to be pushing this line at all - are they still oblivious to things like MPATH, MSNetmeeting, and other free alternatives? This seems like the most clueless one yet. At what point do they acknowledge that they are over a year behind the marketplace now? I have constantly wavered between whether the management is fully aware that they are selling air, or are just completely clueless. This latest press release moves me to the latter, but then the obvious lack of development on the software swings me back again. But who cares? I noticed MsNetmeeting automatically comes with IE 5.0 - which automatically comes with any computer nowadays anyway. So why would any OEM's pay for something redundant, not to mention inferior and with less features? >I did love the quote about how they could "doodle while they chat." >Is that what they call it nowadays, "doodling"??? Well, ironically, CUCEEME actually played a part in American Pie (#1 movie of last week about teenagers). Oddly enough, the scene showed teenagers using the convergence of voice, data, video and er, heavy (if brief) "doodling"? Perhaps someone at TMSR should go see the movie to get a small grasp about how even teenagers are aware of technology like this...