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Technology Stocks : Ampex Corporation (AEXCA) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hal Campbell who wrote (12980)	12/9/1999 7:44:00 AM
From: Toni Wheeler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17679

From RB this morning: <<<By: reboundboy Reply To: None Thursday, 9 Dec 1999 at 1:53 AM EST Post # of 1521 BILL GATES quoted in the L.A.TIMES: In wed. business section, the first headline: "Microsoft Plans Aggressive Push in Streaming Media" SAN JOSE--Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unveiled an aggressive plan Tuesday to make its Windows Media software the technology backbone for the surging market of delivering DIGITAL audio and VIDEO ON THE INTERNET. The keynote speaker at the Streaming Media '99 conference, Gates proclaimed today's internet as an "explosive set of circumstances" ripe for "the digital media revolution." Although Microsoft currently is far behind the Seattle-based Realnetworks' REALPLAYER, Microsoft believes that with VARIOUS PARTNERSHIPS (Ampex?) and the pending release of Windows 2000 server and desktop operating systems, this provides an opportunity to take on Realnetworks. "I think that it is a market for Real to lose," Said Stacey Quandt, analyst for Giga Information Group in Santa Clara. "It will be difficult for Real to withstand Microsoft's full-scale offering." The industry goal is to provide audio or video on demand, from music to TV News to a movie. Gates demonstrated that the technology is available now to make the interactive experience and reality. (Ampex????) HERE'S THE FINAL PARAGRAPH AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE: For broadcasters and Hollywood, this streaming media could redefine how they distribute content, saving them tens of millions of dollars by distributing content over the Internet directly to customers and by-passing media distributors. Do you see what's coming? It's the first revolution of the internet, and Ampex has the technology that will shape it. What would some sort of partnership with BILL GATES/MICROSOFT mean to us? And even if Gates doesn't come for us, The industry is abuzz over Ampex, and for good reason. Buckle up.->>>