RE: Re: UKNM: The next stage in the game - ?????

[Steve Johnston]

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From: Clay Shirky [clayshirky [dot] com (mailto:clayshirky [dot] com)]

> I'm sure you're right about it bringing interactivity to a new group

> of people - the devices we have are far too difficult to use. I don't

> think new devices equal new protocols, though. New devices will have

> to interoperate with the existing net or they will fail. If Open

> doesn't get a real web browser, it won't be around in 6 months time.


On the 6 month prognosis for Open, I beg to differ. I reckon that Open

is reaching a great many people already who have never gone near an

internet-enabled PC. Sure, it is slow, but it's media rich; it has

limited offerings, which are growing; but more than anything, it is out

there big style and it is bloody easy to use. I can't believe I am

saying this but, Open is delivering a stable, user-friendly environment

that is reaching a lot of people. It is safe for a long, long time (in

internet time) yet. I was sceptical, until my 62 year old father bought

the soundtrack to Notting Hill from Woolworths though it - you should

see the trouble he is having with the iMac my mother bought three months

ago.


Give *me* a choice and the TV access I want will *have* to be Web

enabled. But if you don't know what you're missing.....


As a qualifier Clay, as I know you are picky about this stuff (no

sarcasm intended), I am basing these opinions on my own experience, that

of my father and in the knowledge that there are around 1,000,000

return-path-enabled Open set-top boxes already in consumers homes.


Steve Johnston

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