To: Jules B. Garfunkel who wrote (3165 ) 2/26/1999 9:57:00 AM From: Mark Brophy Respond to
Are we suffering from George Jetson syndrome?Home Networking Breakthrough? How the HPNA Could Change Everything at zdnet.com and suggests:the consortium has succumbed to the George Jetson syndrome. Its members are fixated on the enormous home marketplace of the imaginary far future. Meanwhile, they are ignoring a smaller market that is here right now -- namely, small business (including home office). This is the group that could provide the essential bridge to the consumer market of the future, because it has a powerful business reason to embrace this new technology right now. Don't Fall for the Home Networking Hype at zdnet.com . The bottom of both articles contains a thread of about 20 messages and most of the posters opined that home networking is industry hype. I think these people simply lack imagination, with one big exception.zdnet.com . There's a review of the product at newmedia.com . It costs $5000, so I doubt that it's selling very well. Phoenix supplies the USB cores and software for Philips WinCE machine, so they might be supplying the DVX8000, too. Philips wants to sells me everything, but like most people, I already own a TV, stereo, and PC.awtrey.com . He says Best Buy is increasing sales at a 50% rate and a survey found that most people set up a network to play networked games rather than to share resources such as printers, CD-ROMs, and net connections. An Intel survey found the opposite. How would you use a home network?newmedia.com .
