[11896] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Windows 4 as Internet interface
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark R. Ludwig)
Sat Apr 23 06:21:33 1994
To: designa@aol.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9404221004.tn43691@aol.com>
from "designa@aol.com" on Fri, 22 Apr 1994 10:04:55 EDT.
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 16:28:39 -0700
From: "Mark R. Ludwig" <Mark-Ludwig@uai.com>
>>>>> On Fri, 22 Apr 94 10:04:55 EDT, designa@aol.com said:
d> Bill Gates, at the EMA keynote in Anaheim on Tuesday, said that
d> SLIP and PPP would be built into Windows 4.0, and that it would
d> provide native TCP/IP support. [...] It was clear that the design
d> direction for Windows 4.0 is as graphical interface for the
d> Internet. Gates also said that Microsoft would ship 40 million
d> copies within a year. [...] As such, it puts the net ready at
d> hand to its users. 40 million in one year. Watch out.
Naaa, just because he thinks he'll move 40 million copies doesn't
begin to mean that all 40 million will be connected to the Internet,
let alone meaning that they all will access remote services. Lots
will access enterprise-wide services, thus not disturbing the rest of
us. It'll only be about 20 million that will suck the remaining life
from remote Internet sites ;^).$$
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