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To: unclewest who wrote (1053)	12/13/1999 11:57:00 AM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6516

Thanks for the explanation, unc. I was having problems differentiating between gmst's and wgat's markets. I can appreciate your enthusiasm for wgat, but it's way too early for them to appeal to me. It is becoming increasingly clear, however, that gmst is the real deal - a Gorillalet just beginning to show its power <g>. No disrespect to early adopters intended. uf

To: unclewest who wrote (1053)	12/14/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: Daiju Kohno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6516

Unclewest, speaking from a GG point of view, it seems that WGAT has a pretty large chasm to cross before it becomes widely successful (if I understood your explanation correctly). I don't understand how WGAT is substantially different from WebTV, which, imo, would have died in the chasm regardless of MSFT. the concept of accessing e-mail and shopping on line in the living room is appealing to almost everyone True, but like WebTV, I don't see how WGAT would get over the resolution problem. Furthermore, you would need a pretty big TV to comfortably read e-mail/text from your couch. These are just some problem I see for any internet-on-the-tv company. Do you know how WGAT might overcome/bypass such issues, if indeed they are issues? Thanks for your explanation/insights. DK