On 7/17/06, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 17 July 2006 18:39, kirby urner wrote: > > To expect "unification" to come magically just from the consumer > > applicance (e.g. Intel's viiv) is to ignore the cultural divides > > separating those with computer skills and those with television > > skills. > > Out of curiosity, what do you mean by this? > > > Michael. >
I mean people are always predicting this convergence of the home computer and home television set in the form of some groovy new synthesis, but it never quite seems to quite gel. There's a long road of junked toys, experiments with WebTV or whatever, with Intel's Viiv (I happen to think) starting to really see into the future (the personal workspace as value-adding audio/video edit/recombine studio). I don't think this convergence will happen simply by brainstorming about the end user applicance though. Industries need to talk to and better understand one another. I think Apple's understanding of the music industry, and a willingness of networks to upload TV shows to such as Google Video, are evidence that these conversations are starting to happen, perhaps in greater earnest, now that our infrastructure has come so far (lots of optical fiber lying around, under-utilized). Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
