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Technology Stocks : WAVX Anyone? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sparkle who wrote (1201)	2/24/1998 10:21:00 PM
From: 24601	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11417

Sparkle: Wave's website is a more reliable source. wave.com I agree with your son that a modem operating at 28kbps -- or even at 56kbps -- is not a convenient distribution channel. But the chip-based Wave system will work with any distribution channel -- CD, DVD, satellite, or emerging broadband, and will not require that the user be online (except occasionally, to square accounts).

To: Sparkle who wrote (1201)	2/24/1998 11:29:00 PM
From: andrew peterson	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 11417

Hi, Sparkle. Here's another aspect of your question to consider. Right now, buying software is an all or nothing proposition. The wavemeter will allow users to try out software on a rental basis to see if they want it and if they do to keep using it on a rent-to-own basis. For gaming software, this has enormous potential. I don't think that the medium over which a user obtains the software is all that important, because the Wave system can make use of any distribution system. In the future (near future, I hope), we'll see new computers with wavemeters on them coming bundled with wave-enabled software on CD-ROM. This is a very cool technology, and it's not dependent on modem speeds. Just out of curiosity, how did you hear about this company? Actually, I'd be interested in knowing how everyone on the thread found out about Wave. Personally, I first heard about it from someone who worked at a computer game company. He was interested in it, so I started paying attention. 'Night all. Wave on.

To: Sparkle who wrote (1201)	2/27/1998 6:06:00 PM
From: Steven Sprague	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 11417

I would like to shed some light on this area. 1. Content will be delivered using all channels of distribution. The content providers prepare a title once and then send it out on CD-ROM, Over the net, Host it on a broad band server, Send it over a zak-Sat satellite, etc. The beauty in this technology is that it is independent of the network of deliver. 2.Wave facilitates a more direct content channel between the content provider and the publisher. If your son likes the game and he plays it to completion then we can ask him to click on a button that will ask the content provider to send the next cd-rom automatically. When broadband eventually gets here it allows all of the content providers to have subscriber networks over TCP/IP without involving the network operator. Tell us how you would like to get content Subscribe to a club (all flight simulators stuff) Request individual CD-ROMs or download titles Junk Mail CD-ROMs Free but requested CD's What do you like and what do you not like. Steven Sprague President Wave Systems Corp.