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To: Kai-Uwe who wrote (9143)	11/19/1997 2:11:00 AM
From: Tim Bagwell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Kai-Uwe, I think you misunderstood my statement on bandwidth. It had nothing to do with cable. I was referring to the claim that you might be able to pipe the Internet over the DBS satellite network. It's not practical. WebTV is like sub zero PCs - low tech for the masses to feel connected to the future. Your second point was implying that Java would somehow improve WebTV. My comment there is that the use of Java will not create a market for WebTV. WebTV has to be embraced by the masses on its own merits and to that end it doesn't matter if it's a Java OS or Windows. Of course, Netscape really has no choice. They aren't going to roll their own OS and they cannot beat Microsoft on their own turf. But from what I've seen of Java it's all talk and not much do at this point. I'm still waiting for Sun to implement the Java hardware. I think it's always good to ask yourself how much of this is hype and how much is real. I always ask myself if this is something I would buy. WebTV fails. Maybe it's just ahead of it's time but I don't think the masses are drooling about having the Web pop-up on their TV. Keep in mind this is a group that can't even program a VCR and now you expect them to embrace the Web? I think the market will be driven by business needs not by unskilled consumers. Regards, Tim