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To: t2 who wrote (65394)	7/15/1999 7:38:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1574092

tech2000, MSN needs to improve itself before it will attract people who want it. With these new set-top boxes?, will they mandate MSN or will they be adjustable to any home page? Of course the second page you go to can be what you want, even if the box defaults to MSN on turn-on or after 15 minutes inaction, so Billy may not be able to hold his prisoners in their cage for very long. The content feed of video/audio?, They will probably make the box less than universal so all you can get is into his store for downloads of video/audio to your TV. I suspect that a box like this will trap a % of clients, but lower cost computers will let somebypass occur. Of course with a pipe monopoly you eat their dinner or starve. I am watching the recent wars over broadband access and hope the FCC tells them it must be done....soon. If AOL has broadband access then Gates is doomed in his quest to dominate AOL. Bill