Comdex is full of posers...Burn Baby, burn.
Had to roll up my pant legs, but did manage to find a couple of interesting areas, specifically the Linux Handheld devices which will, hopefully, kill the Pocket PC. Also of interest and related to the above was an application company, SolidStreaming.com, which was doing a variety of demos of live wireless streaming of audio and video, ported to the PocketLinux, the Palm, the Symbian and the PPC platforms - on a bunch of different hardware devices. Very cool, real Dick Tracy kind of stuff. They have a ways to go, but I got the feeling that they know what they are doing, I saw for myself.
Just my 2 cents...thought this was interesting as Gates made his keynote, saying that - once again, MS owns or will own this wireless rich media content delivery space. Think again, Bill..
Delivery of the bill for services or goods on utility bills, telephone bills included, is a very very good idea. Who said that that credit cards have a lock on e-commerce? Visa? Mastercard? Of course, they would say yes - but I totally disagree, especially outside of the US where the credit card penetration is very low. If the "e-commerce" dream is to come true, as cybervendors, we need all the options possible.
Unfortunately, this all stems from a simple attitude that was started by our "faithful" leader, Take NO responsibility for any of your personal actions or decisions. Read the warning, buyer understand that there is more than likely always a cost for something and enjoy the net. Thanks Bill.
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Here's my version...we need to get together and have Judge Kaplan, the brilliant judge that ruled against the DeCSS, removed from his post as a civil servant & ruler of right and wrong. It seems that he and his cronies have gotten into the business of playing GOD... Sounds like a battle cry to me, "Release the hounds!"
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Comdex is full of posers...Burn Baby, burn. Had to roll up my pant legs, but did manage to find a couple of interesting areas, specifically the Linux Handheld devices which will, hopefully, kill the Pocket PC. Also of interest and related to the above was an application company, SolidStreaming.com, which was doing a variety of demos of live wireless streaming of audio and video, ported to the PocketLinux, the Palm, the Symbian and the PPC platforms - on a bunch of different hardware devices. Very cool, real Dick Tracy kind of stuff. They have a ways to go, but I got the feeling that they know what they are doing, I saw for myself. Just my 2 cents...thought this was interesting as Gates made his keynote, saying that - once again, MS owns or will own this wireless rich media content delivery space. Think again, Bill..
Delivery of the bill for services or goods on utility bills, telephone bills included, is a very very good idea. Who said that that credit cards have a lock on e-commerce? Visa? Mastercard? Of course, they would say yes - but I totally disagree, especially outside of the US where the credit card penetration is very low. If the "e-commerce" dream is to come true, as cybervendors, we need all the options possible. Unfortunately, this all stems from a simple attitude that was started by our "faithful" leader, Take NO responsibility for any of your personal actions or decisions. Read the warning, buyer understand that there is more than likely always a cost for something and enjoy the net. Thanks Bill. Retro Man for President This is my 2 cents...
Here's my version...we need to get together and have Judge Kaplan, the brilliant judge that ruled against the DeCSS, removed from his post as a civil servant & ruler of right and wrong. It seems that he and his cronies have gotten into the business of playing GOD... Sounds like a battle cry to me, "Release the hounds!"