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To: damniseedemons who wrote (15984)	1/10/1998 12:12:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Sun, TCI tune to set-top boxes news.com The announcement boosts Sun's hopes of advancing Java as a universal computer language and extends its reach beyond the computer into the realm of consumer electronics. It also deals a blow to rival Microsoft, which had hoped to be the first to strike a deal with TCI. Microsoft is angling to incorporate a version of its Windows operating system into TCI's digital set-top boxes. During a conference call announcing the agreement with Sun, Bruce Ravenel, senior vice president of TCI, acknowledged TCI has been in conversations with Microsoft but declined to disclose their substance. Microsoft chief executive Bill Gates is scheduled to deliver an address at the Consumer Electronics Show tomorrow in Las Vegas that's rumored to contain an announcement regarding TCI. So, we'll see what comes up today. There was another story somewhere saying that Bill was asking for an exclusive deal with TCI in exchange for his $1 billion, I'd guess that's not in the cards anymore. What's in the cards, we'll just have to wait and see. This game's being played on Malone's field, not Bill's, and I doubt Big John will give up home field advantage without a fight. Cheers, Dan.

To: damniseedemons who wrote (15984)	1/10/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: Reginald Middleton	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 24154

<If I were Microsoft, I'd be pushing on the TV companies to make their new sets "Web-ready," with WindowsCE, of course. Heck, Sony and Philips/Mag are already WebTV makers, so I'm sure they could be convinced--and then hopefully that gets the snowball rolling.> I am sure this is being negotiated. A 35 inch HDTV with embedded Windows CE is a better deal than a set top box and a separate TV. The high end WebTV retails for two hundred and change, so if the technology was licensed in bulk sans the packaging and metal box, you could include it in a TV for under a hundred dollars. MSFT should subsidize it and embed permanent links to thier transaction and information orientated sites into the OS. MSTV, the ilk will then make NOISE!