[opendtv] Re: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips

  • From: "John Willkie" <JohnWillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:22:24 -0700

Pray tell how could COFDM already be a winner in the U.S. if everyone lost
hope in 2000?

I'm tiring of your repeated circular "logic": I should leave you and Bert to
the daisy-chains (all versions).

John Willkie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips


> Not hyping VP7. In fact would have a hard time using it though I would
> like to. Will most likely use AVC. Will use COFDM if the spectrum
> becomes available.
>
> Though COFDM is a winner everywhere in the world including the US on
> most spectrum with the exception of full and LPTV on channels 2-51 in
> the US which in turn holds up the use of spectrum for COFDM. Nice to see
> Qualcomm is pushing for stations to get off 55 though.
>
> Bob Miller
>
> John Willkie wrote:
>
> >so, you have a trendline of sticking with inappropriate technology long
> >after it is rendered irrelevant?  Yeah, Bob, push COFDM in the US and
VPx!
> >
> >Sometimes early adopters learn from their mistakes, I suspect.
> >
> >John Willkie
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:36 PM
> >Subject: [opendtv] Re: Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>BeOs was first demonstrated in New York at my office on 44th and 6th
> >>Ave. to a crowd that went out into the hall. Jammed was not the word for
> >>it. Later that evening they had a demonstration at NYU. Still have my
> >>black "BE" T-shirt though it is badly faded. Before that I was an Amiga
> >>fanatic, (still have three machines), Betamax (still have a 1984 Sanyo
> >>official Betamax machine of the LA Olympics), ADSL DMT Modulation (still
> >>have DMT "modems"--forerunner to COFDM).
> >>
> >>Jean-Louis was a former Apple exec who correctly saw that the Amiga was
a
> >>
> >>
> >superior machine.
> >
> >
> >>And BeOs is not dead. It is being reincarnated as Zeta OS in Germany
where
> >>
> >>
> >just maybe in a continent that has shown a little courage in dealing with
> >Microsoft it might do something. Could be good for any media centric use.
> >Microsoft may not be able to squash this venture in Europe and especially
if
> >it travels to China.
> >
> >
> >>http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/17/177217&from=rss
> >>http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=223&slide=5
> >>http://www.yellowtab.com/news/article.php?id=121
> >>
> >>Bob Miller
> >>
> >>
> >>John Shutt wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>I never heard of Jean-Louis before so I googled him.  Here is a 1996
> >>>
> >>>
> >Wired!
> >
> >
> >>>magazine story about Gassee.
> >>>
> >>><http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.05/gassee.html?topic=&topic_set=>
> >>>
> >>>The story is mostly about Gassee's launch of his BeBox computer. My
> >>>
> >>>
> >favorite
> >
> >
> >>>quote:
> >>>
> >>>"Many things we've done in our company we are doing by studying Amiga,"
> >>>
> >>>
> >he
> >
> >
> >>>adds. "That company sold 4 1/2 million units and at one point had $800
> >>>million in annual revenues." Gassée goes so far as to say his product
is
> >>>
> >>>
> >a
> >
> >
> >>>"spiritual descendant" of Amiga.
> >>>
> >>>Apparently he succeeded in emulating Amiga.
> >>>
> >>>John
> >>>
> >>>----- Original Message ----- 
> >>>From: "Bob Miller" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
>
>
>
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