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To: JayPC who wrote (9075)	5/5/1999 3:00:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 29970

Jay, I find it unusual that no one, including the majority of the press to date, has picked up on the much larger issues surrounding MSFT's sideline activities in this saga. Their agenda is far greater than their aspirations for the set top box software market. Beneath that STB there is another element, usually, called the TV, itself. Once there is a greater understanding of the total picture that encompasses their zeal, then, and only then, is it reasonable to begin determining whose side one should be cheering for. pennwell.shore.net From same, ... from analog to digital TV (DTV) will entail approximately $200 billion of consumer expenditures, in addition to the expenses incurred by program producers, TV stations, and cable operators. Any company that positions itself to serve all the industry's segments has a rosy future. Microsoft understood this long ago and has tried in various ways to get an edge in DTV markets. In the spring of 1997 ... Enjoy, Frank Coluccio ps - Greg, I haven't forgotten the "must-carry" subject. I'm in the process of collecting some cable spectrum specs in order to discuss it intelligently. From where I sit at the moment, it could be that Cahners wants to sell a lot of reports, or there are gambits taking place... wont know whose spin to discount the most, until I view it more thoroughly.