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Technology Stocks : XYBR - Xybernaut -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wolff who wrote (4212)	5/25/2000 1:14:00 PM
From: Joe T. Kelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6847

Does anyone know whether xybr has a wearable version yet that is rugged enough to be capable of military field operations? Just curious as to possible link to increase in defense spending likely after coming elections. Thanks, Joe

To: Wolff who wrote (4212)	5/26/2000 2:36:00 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6847

Hello Wolff, > The people at Boeing have been a test bed for wearables > for years, they we received the DARPA contracts if your > remember, I have been following the work at Boeing with their wearable computer projects. One of the first that intrigued me was the use of wearables in the wiring of aircraft during manufacture. Boeing has been instrumental in research and development of more advanced versions, and they have contributed volumes of information about the requirements and issues ... > the guy at Boeing is an expert. ... and so are the folks at Xybernaut ... and maybe I am one also. I'm going to suggest that if you do not feel so, then please just watch. While you are talking about "what you think" I am actively working in this area. > He has also noticed that consumers have voted, on the > next technology by purchasing Palms. Yes ... and they voted for McDonalds and even Mr. Clinton. They also voted for abortion and against abortion. You are simply describing what is selling today ... I am a long term investor, and a futurist. I invest in the future ... and then work to create it. ;-) > The post below talks about the shortage of Palms right > now, they are on back order. Yep ... and I know that there were problems shipping enough "pet rocks" on the 70's ... and "beanie babies" in the 90's ... so your point is? People flocked to buy black and white televisions also. During that phase of technological evolution they were very popular ... until color TV's showed up. Now we are seeing the move to high-definition TV's. You seem to be acting as though things sit still. Sure ... stay committed to Palm ... I'm already working on the "color TV" version ... evolution occurs if we want it to. > The best technology does not always win, for consumers > the Palm does what it needs to do. For how long when better solutions are coming? Please ... commit to the lifespan of the Palm ... I'd like your estimate ... and then I'll give mine ... > It satisfies all the killer apps. Oh ... you mean that you have Napster for the Palm? And how many MP3s can you store? Is there a standardized Internet presence and messaging platform built in? And what are the current capabilities for Internet connectivity ... wired and wireless? How much storage is there? What peripheral support is there? USB? Firewire? I will again suggest, as Palm and other vendors agree, that the Palm is a "PC-Companion". So when a PC becomes easy enough to take with you ... I'm afraid that the PC will easily win. You just won't need a Palm anymore. I believe that you are living in a very different reality than the one that I see coming. I live the Internet, and spend all my time researching and reading in areas to discover the sources of new thinking. The market that is coming is a whole new generation of younger people who are going to be using computers as a daily extension of who they are. The Palm is far to limited to fulfill this requirement ... IMHO. > Ease of use being one very key factor. The palm is indeed > a full computer, it can run applications and load > programs, as the OS evolves I expect it to continue to > serve the needs. So you seem to indicate that the Palm will evolve, but wearables won't? You also seem to allude to some type of limitations of the Palm which are going to spur this evolution. I too agree that current wearable computers have limitations which are spurring the rapid evolution to occur. > You have 50,000 application programmers working on the > Palm OS right now. So this is a number. Can you quote the numbers of developers that Microsoft has? I have been told by contacts that Microsoft has 4-5 million Visual Basic and VBScript developers. How does this compare to your number? In addition we can count the number of Linux developers ... can you provide a guess on this number? They are the ones that are writing all the innovative and evolutionary stuff on the Internet today ... so they can run their new inventions on wearables ... but not on Palms, etc. I understand what your perspective is, but I just do not agree. We will both get to watch the future unfold. I am working on the side that I intend to see dominate. > The is no compelling need to move towards a $4000-8000 > setup, for something that a 150-425 device can do now. Again ... you seemed to forget our "PC Companion" discussions where we agreed that users are having to buy a laptop or PC to use the Palm, so you must compare the "apples to apples" costs. It's Wearable vs. Desktop PC/Laptop+Palm. I know that you seem to forget this point, but we agreed on it in past posts. As for your numbers, I'm about to start playing with a system that is costing me <$3000 ... I'm hoping to get it together for <$2500. This is a price which is "off the shelf" ... you'll know when I start to play with it ... I'll be talking about it. > Not sure what else you want to know. I've asked a number of questions above ... you might comment on them from your perspective ... > PS those questions you said you were going to address > concerning XYBR remain. Please ... send me the questions again, or the link to the post and I will address them immediately! Scott C. Lemon