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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15987)	1/10/1998 12:33:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Right, Reggie. Maybe if Microsoft paid the TV guys to put their stuff in, they might bite, then again, maybe not. What makes you think they're dumber than John Malone? You think they follow the news through Microsoft court briefs like you do? Of course, the cost of embedding some kind of webtv thing in the new HDTV sets is marginal when they're set to sell for thousands. The idea that Microsoft is going to assert its manifest destiny here is questionable, though. The thing about the settop boxes is, most people aren't going to be going out spending thousands on a new tv in the next year or so, not me for sure. I'd guess the boxes will have a bigger market for at least several years. Looking beyond that, who can say? Cheers, Dan.

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15987)	1/10/1998 12:47:00 PM
From: damniseedemons	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

I don't think it even has to be a digital TV. Dan also makes a good point in saying that set-top boxes should penetrate the market much sooner than a churn of new "TV-WinCe" purchases.

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (15987)	1/12/1998 8:27:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Dear Reg: I propose a toast! This is another victory for MSFT. The award to Sun is a sop as well as making the most sense for developers. I am sure MSFT will have a Java program that will work just fine. CE is the camel's nose under the tent. With the system geared toward WindowaLite it will be quite easy to use the cpuMonitor as a TV devicewith the right board supplied by some upstart 3rd party. The beauty of it is all must now organize the data to suit the CE metaphor. It is not the box but rather the de facto standard that counts.Of course in a few years time Sun will be appealing to DOJ.