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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (828)	2/10/1999 8:01:00 PM
From: Patriarch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6531

Hi Raymond, In the future, IMO, I think we'll see most items in the household: PC's, TV's, appliances, toilets (eh, scratch that), being wired into one network. I think there will be some appeal to have your coffee and toast already ready once you shaved and showered. To have your meal already cooking in the microwave while you're on the interstate. Having all these items connected on a network means all these things can be conducted while you're not at home. you must be older than the hills LOL. Let me put it this way. In terms of a flower, I'm in full bloom; in terms of a mountain, I have not yet begun to grow. <g> See ya, Pat

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (828)	2/12/1999 6:11:00 AM
From: sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6531

Raymond: I am not sure I am understanding your dilemma entirely. Is it that you think the technological advances brought by Broadcom's chips won't be very necessary? Or that they won't be cost efficient? I can tell you -- strictly from an historical perspective -- that vital uses will arise with time (on top of those we know of right now). It's like saying in 1970 -- who needs cable when I can get the major networks already with my antenna and there's no other stations I'd want to get. Who could have imagined that in 30 years cable could be the primary carrier for an internetwork into the home?