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To: DiViT who wrote (29129)	2/4/1998 5:48:00 PM
From: Stoctrash	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 50808

Ok...looks like I'm a buck light...!!

To: DiViT who wrote (29129)	2/4/1998 6:02:00 PM
From: Carl T Hammerdorfer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Herbie, let's not say good-bye. Let's just say "good riddance". carl

To: DiViT who wrote (29129)	2/4/1998 7:32:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

Sharewave's home network. Diamond might be first to ship............... ijumpstart.com ShareWave Seeks Hardware and Distribution Partners for Wireless Multimedia Network Rollout <Picture><Picture><Picture> Start-up ShareWave Inc. has put together the key ingredients to build a successful company: top-notch talent, an initial $7.4 million in financing and a product targeted at a wide customer base. The firm wants to work with hardware companies to deliver a wireless multimedia home network through products that link the PC to consumer electronics. Several companies, including IBM Corp. [IBM] and Sony Electronics Inc. [SNE] have paid lip service to the idea of a home server over the last 18 months or so, but none have shipped a product that has won broad consumer acceptance. ShareWave executives believe their combination of hardware and software will strike a responsive chord with OEM customers, largely because of the technology it's based on. Bob Bennett, ShareWave co-founder and vice president of marketing, would not provide information about the technology beyond saying it's based on wireless digital RF and combines several networking technologies. Bennett said it offers far more versatility than command and control technologies like X10. ShareWave's goal is to offer consumers a product that will let them access the same content from various devices within the home. "When a user wants to access content, they can operate any device for that specific use," he said. "We're not trying to get consumers to change their behavior patterns, we want them to adopt technology to conform to those patterns and interact where they want to." Tapping Intel Brain Power Bennett, a former Intel Corp. [INTC] director of marketing, founded ShareWave in September 1996 with two Intel colleagues-Amar Ghori, architecture for microprocessor division 6 and John White, vice president of strategic product planning -and investment fund manager Geoff Bland, formerly a partner in REP L.P. Last week ShareWave brought aboard Jim Schraith, former vice president and general manager of Compaq Computer Corp.'s [CPQ] North America division as president and CEO. ShreWave also appointed William Schroeder, president and CEO of Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc. [DIMD] to the company's board of directors. The company has brought in $7.5 million from two investment rounds. The firm's seed money comes from Microsoft Corp. [MSFT], Paul Allen's Vulcan Ventures, APV Technology Partners L.P., Softbank Holdings Inc. and Draper Richards L.P. ShareWave plans another financing round this year. Early Advantage for Diamond? The company wants its product to become a standard feature of future PCs, but initially ShareWave will enter the market with a shrink-wrapped product co-marketed with a third party. Don't be surprised if Diamond is the first company to sell the product, considering Schroeder's recent appointment to ShareWave's board. The firm plans to follow a similar strategy consumer-market newcomers WebTV Networks Inc. [MSFT] and Network Computer Inc. did to gain acceptance: Partner with companies that know how to distribute products. The first ShareWave product will be priced under $500 for consumers and much lower as an OEM product. Future products will take on several form factors, including versions for consumer electronics hardware. Bennett said the devices will leverage the PC's intelligence to compensate for display differences between a PC and TV. If a user wants to access data from the PC on the TV, the network will work with the PC to reformat the content so it looks good on CE hardware. And look for the network to connect with portable devices. "To be successful, a network architecture needs to support stationary as well as portable devices," he said. In terms of OS support, ShareWave is targeting Windows PCs to generate volume, but the company hasn't ruled out other versions for the future. Sharewave also plans to bundle content that takes advantage of its unique capabilities. That software likely will be some version of an electronic program guide that allows users to view information stored on their PC on a TV, for example. (ShareWave, 916/939-9400)