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To: J Fieb who wrote (1655)	11/25/1999 12:17:00 PM
From: TraderEd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4808

Also: the Salomon Smith Barney First Annual SAN/NAS Conference on Dec. 7th in NY. Hosted by John Dean of SSB with presentations by all the top companies. Key note presentation is by EMC. I am going to attend and am looking forward to spending a week in the Big Apple. Ed

To: J Fieb who wrote (1655)	11/25/1999 2:01:00 PM
From: Joe Wagner	Respond to of 4808

Happy Thanksgiving to you J., and everyone on the SI threads! Looking forward to the big turkey dinner with all the trimmings. An interesting article on progress being made in convergence of the TV with the internet. It sure seems like they need some Fibre Channel SANs, if they are worried their system can only handle 25,000 Beating the Drums for 'Convergence' * MTV's quiz show 'WebRIOT' brings studio contestants together with thousands playing along on the Internet. By MICHAEL A. HILTZIK, Times Staff Writer contestants.http://www.latimes.com/business/cutting/19991125/t000107632.html >>>"He contends that the real test of "WebRIOT" will be whether it spawns further convergence applications. "This opens the gateway for lots of things," he says, "and the next might not be a game show."Times staff writer Michael Hiltzik can be reached at michael.hiltzik@latimes.com .<<<<< Maybe I should email this writer and ask him what kind of equipment they are using in their system. This might be a good business for a new ASP start up. Broadcasters could farm out the interactive part of their business to an ASP at a Data Center. I am sure this is just the begining of what will become a red hot trend on television shows, to monitor direct feedback on shows, allow people to buy clothing worn by their favorite stars on TV, etc.... The Data Center E-Commerce Centers can handle all of the transactions. I could even picture commercials pushing people to put in an order now, over your TV, delivery in one day via FedEx (to do this, the Data Centers could be networked/connected to giant automated multi vendor warehouses located at FedEx hubs) that pull the products out, for loading on the planes. I think the key here is getting people involved in interactive entertainment then e-commerce will follow. Could be a big driver for SANs someday. Happy Thanksgiving Day! Joe W.