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To: Herc who wrote (22)	9/11/1999 9:34:00 PM
From: astyanax	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2093

Hi Herc, as excited as I am about the "thin client" paradigm you refer to, you are so right. Sun's visionary "the network is the computer" is a promise yet to be fulfilled because the network is not yet robust enough to handle these demands. Yet, here I am investing in US Internetworking (USIX) and looking at Citrix (CTXS) and Tivo (TIVO). You're right about it being "Buck Rogersy", I just wonder how long before the inevitable shift takes place and these stocks will benefit accordingly. Here in Atlanta, the lack of reliability from Bell "Sloth" for ADSL and Media "None" for the gateway to cable modems is notorious. Now that I'm moving to Chicago, I hear it'll be a nightmare for me to try getting broadband. - Netconductor.com >>Herc wrote: The public does not adopt all new electronic technologies. Mini-discs have been a failure in the U.S. Also, I have had an ADSL line since June and, just like with the regular dial up internet service, it is starting to have outages. BellSouth.net regular dial up internet service became so unreliable that it was useless. And the ADSL speeds are now less than half of what they were initially. Internet access is by no means dependable yet. This problem certainly gives me pause on the hot new concept of "thin client" computers. Given the unreliability of the net, I would rather have the programs in my computer. So given the problems with internet service now I would say VOD is still kind of Buck Rogersy Think of all the time you spend figuring out how to use all the electronic gizmos in your house and then remedying problems. I'm having BellSouth Entertainment come out to fix my wireless cable box next Saturday since I can't do Pay for View. And the remotes are acting up. All this **** gets a little tedious. I'm 49 and want my life to be LESS COMPLICATED. Nevertheless, I plan to take a serious look at TiVo's IPO.