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To: puborectalis who wrote (18734)	1/27/2001 9:31:46 PM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

Fallope, Maybe Toshiba read this article... siliconinvestor.com As you posted... "We [Toshiba] will diversify in PDAs (personal digital assistants),'' he said, revealing that the first handheld computer the company would launch this summer was likely to be based on Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system. Although Toshiba had not taken a decision yet, and was also looking at the operating system of Palm (PALM.O) which controls 90 percent of the handheld computing market, Microsoft was aggressively looking to enter this new growth market, he said. Well, the Microsoft Pocket PC platform needs as much help as possible. I have been terribly disappointed with the lack of consumer interest in multimedia function and color LCD screens on PDA's. I guess only Jeff Hawkins knew ahead of time that this would be the case... usnews.com Aus

To: puborectalis who wrote (18734)	1/28/2001 7:56:48 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

With the recent blackouts in California... ...one wonders is there are any portions of the Internet infrastructure that are vulnerable to a powered down situation and who might need additional flash memory for critical system functions. This was posted earlier... Message 15162297 From our local paper I read that system architectures are out-dated... "Most of the boxes that are in there today are the same kind of computer architecture that was around in the Charlie Chaplin ads IBM did 15-20 years ago," said Spiro Koulouras, CEO of FiberCycle Networks Inc. FiberCycle, RLX Technologies Inc. and others are planning to launch servers using lower-energy chips developed by Transmeta Corp. webserv3.startribune.com Any commments would be appreciated. Aus