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To: pala who wrote (8554)	10/20/1999 9:01:00 PM
From: contax	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

>>On the M$FT conference call they mentioned that the competition for CE was tough and they thought that set top boxes in particular would roll out slowly.<< Doug, Though MSFT may be talking about GMST, but imho, I believe they were really thinking about WINd which is entrenched in the very market that CE is trying to penetrate. WINd's VxWorks is the dominant operating system in the embedded market place and is well on it's way to become the dominant operating system in set top boxes. Your post should lend even more credence to The Register's article that I had posted a few days ago on this thread in which they said, and I quote: Although reports of the death of CE would be premature, it is looking in poor health. theregister.co.uk In WINd I see the faint but unmistakable outline of an adolescent gorilla stepping out of the mist... Karim