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To: John Stichnoth who wrote (7944)	11/3/1999 8:57:00 PM
From: A.J. Mullen	Respond to of 60323

John, With respect to the limitations of Real-Audio, that's why I was careful to mention the need for a buffer memory. If you believe bandwidth is going to become huge and very cheap, even that wouldn't be necessary. The point about MP3 is that you can download it at a time and place of your choosing, and listen when you want. Yes, you need the Ercison phone if you suddenly get the urge while in a traffic jam, not to listen to a particular piece of music, but to obtain a permanent record of that piece of music THEN. Having downloaded it wirelessly, at some cost, you can then listen to it at home or in the office while sitting by a cheap landline that is idle. It seems perverse, but I didn't say it wouldn't happen. It's like driving a four wheel truck to the mall. I like your idea that flash could supplant floppies if they achieve critical mass, but I do have a "but." If everything is connected wirelessly we shall not need any physical transfer. My PC at work is backed-up automatically through a LAN. I used to use a floppy to take work to and from home, but the internet is easier. I'm not arguing that Flash isn't going to be big. Just how big.