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To: cfimx who wrote (27189)	2/4/2000 10:51:00 AM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

Looks like Ford really missed the boat (although the one per location market isn't really what the SunRay addresses). But as an ex Ford employee, I guess I shouldn't be too loud in my criticism of them. JMHO.

To: cfimx who wrote (27189)	2/4/2000 11:00:00 AM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 64865

What, is Feb. 4 nostalgia day? Tha Javastation DOA? Yes, but the 'A' was years ago. The SunRay, on the other hand, is still alive as far as I know but hasn't shipped (which may mean they haven't sold any<g>). But what does this Ford story have to do with Java stations? I'm sure these free PC's have 56k modems. You have to project your mind, not backward to the time when Warren Buffett was nervously donning goggles and a scarf for his first drive in an automobile, but rather forward (just a little) to the day when a 56k modem will confer the same status on a home as an outhouse with a half-moon carved on the door and no one has them outside of the Ozarks. Broadband internet access wired into the walls of your home will be as common as indoor plumbing. Then you can ask that question. --QS

To: cfimx who wrote (27189)	2/4/2000 4:44:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 64865

twister, Ford confirmed yesterday it would offer Hewlett-Packard computers and printers and Internet access through MCI Worldcom's UUNET unit for $5 a month to all its employees, including factory workers around the world. Such a system at retail could cost more than $1,000 in the U.S. Someone should tell Ford that the PC is dead. People are just getting used to them, comfortable with them. They're cheap and powerful. But at retail or on the Internet. No good, get rid of them. Shove something else down people's throats.