From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake)
Date: 1997/09/11
Date: 1997-09-11T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.873982566@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 97090916235363@psavax.pwfl.com
Richard says
<<"Richard A. O'Keefe" <ok@GOANNA.CS.RMIT.EDU.AU> writes:
<snip>
>So is it really *the public* who want more conventional channels, or
>is it *the advertisers*? And if it is the public, how many of them who
>have been asked for their preference have actually _seen_ HDTV? (For>>
Most definitely it is the public. Advertisers are only happy if people
WATCH the programs they advertise on! More channels per se is of no
possible interest to advertisers UNLESS more channels draw more viewers.
The above note is a bit plaintiff, it seems to read "surely, surely the
public would prefer our wonderful new technology, if only they could
appreciate how wonderful it is. If they don't it must be because of some
evil third party.":
Many techie companies have gone bust because they knew better than the
consumer what the consumer wanted.
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1997-09-17 0:00 The great Java showcase (re: 2nd historic mistake) Ell
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