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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (81180)	5/19/1999 3:38:00 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Ten, RE: "Intel can get some initiatives going into driving the PC onto the set-top." I'm sure they will. RE: "Now if only the OS and software could follow along. The PC's reliance on the bloated Windows OS could be a huge stumbling block in this transition to the set-top market." A lot of the network appliance companies I've been following are using Linux. However, for hand-held or consumer appliances, the GUI OS will always be the winner, unless the device is powered by hardware controls (which could hide the complexities of a non-GUI OS.) Real-time isn't quite as critical here. I don't know which OS the set-top boxes are using at this moment. But I was of the impression the AOL announcement was a push away from the Win OS. Although, this decision appears to be driven by business reasons (i.e. AOL vs. MS), possibly not a design driven decision. Amy J