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To: WebDrone who wrote (23227)	2/19/1999 9:54:00 AM
From: Sam Scrutchins	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213173

Web or anyone, I had expected Dataquest or some of the other research firms to report on hardware sales for January by now. Am I wrong on this?? Sam

To: WebDrone who wrote (23227)	2/22/1999 2:21:00 AM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

VERRRY interesting FireWire players! <Sunday February 21, 11:23 pm Eastern Time CORRECTED - CORRECTED-Intl electronics firms back interface In February 17 TOKYO story headlined ''Intl electronics firms agree on digital interface.''..please read in fifth paragraph...Offering data transfer rates up to 400 megabits per second...instead of...40 megabits...(correcting figure) A corrected story follows. TOKYO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Six Japanese, U.S. and European electronics firms agreed to work together to create a patent pool and to promote industry-wide use of the IEEE1394 high-speed digital interface, they said in a statement on Wednesday. The firms are Apple Computer Inc (Nasdaq:AAPL - news), Compaq Computer Corp (NYSE:CPQ - news), Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd , Royal Philips Electronics NV , Sony Corp and Toshiba Corp . ''IEEE1394 is poised to become the most widely used industry standard to interconnect consumer electronics and personal computer devices,'' Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO, was quoted in the statement as saying. IEEE1394 was invented by Apple and was adopted by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as an industry standard in 1995, the statement said. Offering data transfer rates up to 400 megabits per second, IEEE1394 is expected to become a standard for use in consumer multimedia devices such as set-top boxes, digital video camcorders, personal computers, and high-speed peripherals such as printers, scanners and disk drives, it said. It added that Sony has already launched the IEEE1394 digital interface in its digital video camcorders and Vaio personal computers, and Matsushita also uses the interface in its digital camcorders.> Let's chart the players here- Roel Pieper and Tim Cook leave Compaq for Philips and Apple, respectively. I was hoping Pieper would go for Apple CEO, as he is a world class computer executive. I figured Tim and Roel as Apple material. We only got one, but Steve ended up rocking the house- no complaints. Pieper is now on track for Philips CEO. Disney? Heck, Philips needs a computer to slap on their monitors! They are a consumer company with tech ties- who better to buy Apple? Disney??? Now, what about Matsushita, Sony and Toshiba? Kee-ripes, but that's some heavy hitters. Anyone have any inside dope on these guys? Esp. Matsushita- I only know them from my CD drive. Guess this is why the Apple PowerBrass is in Japan! $1 per port... Whew! Even a nickle! Web