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To: Nimbus who wrote (6086)	12/17/1998 3:46:00 PM
From: Robert	Respond to of 21143

Relax, TM. I guess your landlord came a knockin'! If you doubt CCUR's viability, why own the stock? You can just sell and leave the rest of us to, as you seem to think, lose all our money. That's our choice, no? It always cracks me up how posters like you come onto a SI thread and preach doom and gloom. You either need a more interesting life or you have a hidden agenda. My guess is that you do indeed work for TNCX and are pissed because CCUR is leaving your company in the dust. You are not being altruistic, that's for sure. To borrow from the X-Files, "the truth is out there"! We will soon know who is correct. And my money says it is NOT you. -- Robert

To: Nimbus who wrote (6086)	12/17/1998 3:48:00 PM
From: port_mgr	Respond to of 21143

Mr. Can't Pay The Rent With His Expertise. I have confirmed that ccur has a system up and running with numerous homes and has been testing/demoing/etc for almost three months. It has not been announced, so I can't break the news to you. The information was confirmed to me by the local office of the cable company and by the provider of the headend, not by ccur, but it definitely is using a mh (and is working quite well I might add). I assume the mso doesn't want it out. And it is a name that would not be among the first you would think of, so there may very well be more. But you are dead wrong (as usual). DIVA has had systems up for 27 months. And you buy their bs that that gives them a 27 months headstart? What kind of logic is that? (Are you that dumb that you bought their bonds too?) They have also lost almost $100 million during that period. So according to you, ccur will be able to attack the ivod market in 27 months but only after they figure out how to lose $100 million? When you just hang around the house, do you wear a red nose, or do you leave it near the computer and put it on only when you post?

To: Nimbus who wrote (6086)	12/17/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: Christiaan McDonald	Respond to of 21143

Don't you wish. Diva is providing some very good data on consumer taste and interest in ivod. For that, I'm very grateful to them. Ken

To: Nimbus who wrote (6086)	12/18/1998 9:53:00 PM
From: PeterBurgess	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21143

Corky's last CC was full of implied promises and expectations: lots of RT RFPs and potential sales, and IVOD wins. Does anyone want to hold his feet to the fire?

To: Nimbus who wrote (6086)	12/19/1998 2:04:00 PM
From: Nimbus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21143

Why Germany's Biggest VoD Trial Flopped Lack of user involvement in the development of the innovation of advanced information and communication technology services led to the failure of the ACTS trial on interactive TV services in Baden-Wuerttemberg earlier this year (see ACTS Newsclips, Nr. 17) claims a study by the Centre of Technology Assessment (CTA) Baden-Wuerttemberg, presented by Gerhard Fuchs at the EuroCPR '97 in Venice, March 23-25. The "Interactive Video Services Stuttgart" (IVSS) project aimed at up to 4,000 users and was cancelled before a single household had been connected, after a one year delay and only one week of testing. IVSS had been supposed to become the largest field trial of its kind in Germany. It was carried out by a consortium of Deutsche Telekom, Alcatel SEL, Bosch Telekom, Hewlett Packard and IBM. It had been delayed a number of times and finally called off in February of this year. Dr. Fuchs reported that the failure of the IVSS trial was resulting from organisational problems. "In the end, however, the failure of the project is linked to a lacking consensus about what was to be achieved with the project and what concepts of usage were to be envisioned." The project was started under the auspices of the State Government of Baden-Wuerttemberg, which also contributed about a third of the funding. For the 'Land', the IVSS was to become a symbol of Baden-Wuerttemberg's modernity and ability to be in the lead of information society development. This ambition was contrasted by what Fuchs calls the 'modest project design' of the project. "After three years of discussing and developing the project, there was still no clear, shared idea what it is all about." Partners were oriented towards demonstrating their technical expertise by developing something completely new. The task was too complex for one to do it alone, but evoked a constant process of joint problem solving. In addition, the fact that IVSS was, on the one hand, a regional project and that, on the other hand, the key technology partners were multinational actors, lead to an asymmetry in commitment. The failure of the trial is a considerable loss for the Stuttgart region, particularly since all partners had expressed their intention to use IVSS as a flagship project to be positioned at the leading edge of multimedia development. Technical difficulties mounting the uncertainty over user acceptance of interactive video services, together with increasing project costs, resulted in the decision to cancel the trial. By Peter A. Bruck, Techno-Z FH F&E, 27.03.1997