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Re: Suggestion...

To: Ross MacPherson <arm@unix.infoserve.net>
Subject: Re: Suggestion...
From: Kai Radicke <mowogmg@pil.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 21:32:53 -0400
>>FLOP?!  100,000 users and still growing (and it's only been around 9
>>months)!
>>Microsoft just bought it, and Bill Gates is not in the habit of
>>investing in flops.  For 1/10th the price of a computer, I can do almost
>>as much as you can, with $$$$$ worth of out-dated electronics (have you
>>seen my homepage?).  At least webtv upgrades the system every six
>>months.  The equipment is never out-dated, and we never have to buy new
>>software - webtv just adds it to the system for free.  Didn't you just
>>go through some system crashes recently?  We don't have crashes or
>>viruses.  And you call webtv a flop?  What makes that pile of junk you
>>use any better?
>>
>>Kids these days!
>
>Yes, but can you store recipes on it? ;)

I gave Nory the figures on this, but the list didn't get it:

WebTV networks made and distributed about 1 million boxes before
Christmas...only about 200,000 sold by Christmas, I consider 1 out of 5
units to be a flop.

MG Content: MGs look fuzzy on TVs when surfing using WebTV :)

Kai

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