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To: Stoctrash who wrote (27933)	1/10/1998 10:33:00 AM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Morn'n FredE, do you think Larry E. put some CUBE chips in his NC boxes?...... On Mon, 5 Jan 1998 23:15:46, "Russ Williams" <russ@algorithm.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >The first NCs will have the same processors as PCs. You simply do > >not understand the concept. You are confusing NCs with Microsoft's > >answer to NCs, namely Winterms. > > No, you're wrong. Try reading Oracle's definition of an NC. Why would > they need a C-Cube (IIRC) back-end? And since when do PCs use > StrongARM chips? MS' answer is just that - something that does the > same, but is Windows specific. > I haven't read Oracle's specifications but that is irrelevant. NCs is a broad classification of machines. None of which look at all like Winterm. Winterm is a dumb terminal and does not have local processing like NCs will. Closer to NCs is the NetPC that it appears MS has given up on. The NetPCs problem is that it is still disk dependent, subject to user and disk corruption, and will have a high cost of maintenance, in short, no improvement over Windows. Bob O - Computing for fun

To: Stoctrash who wrote (27933)	1/10/1998 10:43:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Phillips and EchoStar partner on new settops.............................. skyreport.com EchoStar Gets Philips, Bloomberg Jan. 9, 1998 At the 1998 CES event in Las Vegas, EchoStar announced it partnered with Philips Consumer Electronics in an effort to market and sell the DISH Network satellite service through their national retail system. Philips will team with EchoStar to develop an array of convergent products with advanced digital technology. The Philips name will appear on several set-top boxes, and will be distributed through the company's national retail network beginning in the second quarter of this year. The DISH Network also will begin providing Bloomberg Interactive Television data during summer 1998. The service will be digitally delivered to customers' PCs via the DISH Network/Adaptec Satellite PCI Receiver Card. In addition to the data product, DISH Network will offer Bloomberg Television, a 24-hour global news programming service that will be available to customers during the first quarter of 1998.

To: Stoctrash who wrote (27933)	1/10/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Lack of Local content is the only reason I don't go Dishin'... Making Its Own Rules: EchoStar Goes Local 01/09/98 CABLEFAX (c) 1998 Phillips Business Information, Inc. Cable will lose one of its best competitive advantages over satellite this month if EchoStar [DISH] is allowed to go forward with a plan to offer local network signals to the top DMAs east of the Missisippi. On Mon, EchoStar said it will start offering ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX signals to affiliates in the New York, Boston, D.C., Chicago, Atlanta and Dallas markets. The announcement, a carefully- worded release from the CES show in Las Vegas, maintained that chmn/CEO Charlie Ergen's plan is protected by SHVA and the '34 Communications Act. While must-carry laws require cable to carry every broadcast signal, EchoStar argues it can legally select to carry only the Big 4. "I think they believe that the government is so adamantly looking for any competition to cable that they'll roll over and see that satellite has a product that truly is competitive," Janco Partners analyst Ted Henderson told sister pub Satellite News yesterday. NAB yesterday said it wouldn't respond officially to EchoStar's plan until its board reviews the proposal at its board meeting next week. But NAB opposes Ergen's plan unless he agrees to carry every local signal in a particular DMA, sources told us earlier. Prepare for a long battle on Capitol Hill. One win for cable could come if legislators agree to loosen cable's must-carry obligations in exchange for allowing satellite to pick-and-choose the broadcast nets they'll transmit. "We are not opposed to our competitors offering the same services we offer so long as both have the same obligation [must carry] with regard to that offering," CATA pres/CEO Steve Effros says.