Re: UKNM: Re: sticky portals - again - or

[Steve Bowbrick]

At 12:37 28/08/98 +0100, Mike Butcher wrote:

>I think this is a great idea, but there is a stumbling block which helpd

>*push media* fall at the first hurdle - which is this. For people to take

>advantage of it, they have to download software in the first place. Hence

>the low market penetration (outside the US) of BackWeb and PointCast - not

>to mention the problem of little local content. If it ain't on the free CD

>then it hasn't got much chance of reaching some kind of decent market

>share. Mind you, NeoPlanet is a small download, which is in its favour, but

>it's a still that download problem that bothers me.


Bigfoot's strategy is not dependent on downloads and most copies of

Neoplanet will get into users' PCs on ISPs' and media owners' distribution

disks or via other partnerships.


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