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To: John T. Hardee who wrote (6952)	4/17/1998 10:44:00 AM
From: John T. Hardee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

Gotten from the YAHOO thread. NCI, Time Warner in talks... been_there5 Apr 17 1998 12:47AM EDT Oracle partner Network Computer Incorporated is talking with Time Warner Cable about providing software for use in interactive TV set-top boxes, according to cable industry sources. Oracle is also considering investing in Time Warner's Road Runner and US West's joint venture, MediaOne Express. In return, NCI software could be used in the digital set-top boxes that Time Warner is planning on deploying later this year, sources familiar with the talks said. Yesterday at an industry event touting the company's commitment to the Java programming language, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison alluded to an upcoming deal with a cable company to incorporate NCI's technology. NCI may be well positioned for a deal since it has already been working with Scientific-Atlanta to get its software into the vendor's TV set-top boxes. Scientific Atlanta is supplying 500,000 set-top boxes to Time Warner for deployment later this year. Time Warner is also in the midst of specifying the software that will be used in 500,000 set-tops it has on order from General Instrument. There are also other signs that NCI is gaining momentum in the race to provide software for the cable industry. In March, NCI inked a deal with Cable & Wireless, one of the largest cable companies in the world. The deal represented a big move by NCI into foreign markets and evidently has helped it gain credibility and momentum in the United States, where a number of cable companies apart from Time Warner have yet to choose software technology for planned interactive services. ÿ ORCL:ÿ Quote ÿ\|ÿ Profile ÿ\|ÿResearch This Is a Reply to: Msg 7221 by sid97304