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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (43781)	3/14/2001 10:15:59 PM
From: Shoibal Datta	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

The next Bill Gates will be the person who figures out how to exploit free computing and free connectivity Wait, I thought that was Napster! (vbg)

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (43781)	3/14/2001 10:45:45 PM
From: advocatedevil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

RE: "The next Bill Gates will be the person who figures out how to exploit free computing and free connectivity." Nawwww, the next Bill Gates is the person who comes up with long life batteries! AdvocateDevil

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (43781)	3/15/2001 8:13:27 AM
From: Fred Levine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT OT IMO, a real test of Bush's political values is around the corner; campaign finance reform. So far, he has indicated opposition to reform. I can only see one reason for the opposition; he serves the special interest groups and has contempt for the people. Campaign finance reform is neither republican nor democratic, but whether we are government has its primary obligation to the people who can afford (mainly) legal bribery. Clearly the republicans need the wealthy money to stay elected. He who pays the fiddler calls the tune. BTW--last trade of AMAT was 49.50 this morning. fred

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (43781)	3/15/2001 10:18:17 AM
From: w0z	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

At the same time, the nature of killer apps is that it's hard to see them coming. How about realtime voice recognition, transcription and translation? The first is here, the second is not widely used yet but is coming as processor power and software improve. Translation in a handheld device would be a huge challenge but may not represent a large market.

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (43781)	3/15/2001 2:35:04 PM
From: Kirk ©	Respond to of 70976

I don't know what the next killer app is. But transistors and storage are practically free and bandwidth is getting there. The next Bill Gates will be the person who figures out how to exploit free computing and free connectivity. To me it is clear and I see it already starting. VOICE I just read of a "pay per minutes" cell phone that has only 3 buttons and you dial, etc. using the network. Perhaps Ellison had it right but for the wrong box? Network computing but for PDA's not PCs where the interface will be voice! Many of us don't use PDA's or upgrade as it is too hard to get the data where we want it. Heck, I'm still using my old HP 100lx from '93... where I paid $400 for a 10M flash card! THAT is old! Still works great for me. The other killer app will be software that connects all these devices so they are seamless and backup, sync, etc. without us having to be networking experts. 1.5¢ worth Kirk out Kirk