CompuServe Messages

Bill, ——–> "I see the real consumer machines as enhanced game machines with cd-rom drives. The rest of the folks will be using computers or machines which can play computer titles." I agree, except that I'd add smart cable boxes, which may be how CD-I and VIS each make their mark. All Philips has to do is convince Warner or TCI to use a CD-I-based cable box and they'll have an instant market. It seems to me, though my memory is fuzzy, that Philips still has a fair bit of cash, despite its business problems. Warner, in particular, seems to be looking for cash to upgrade its cable systems… anything could happen. Philips has an amazing ability to convince non-technologists that CD-I is way ahead of anything else on the market. Of course, it is in some ways. In software development, though, it's behind. I'm sure that people from Apple and Microsoft are talking to the cable companies, too, saying "Look, we have X million developers out there who know our software. How many does Philips have?" Nick