Replies to post #61858 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[Weby]

2b

Anybody who regards YOU as the board idiot, I regard as the board idiot even though I will admit suprise if the world ever becomes Apple centric. Mr. Jobs had his chance and blew it. He will gain back Ipod market share, but he still doesn't really believe in open standards and low prices... Yes, the customer is King.

Actually, It's the PC that is dying and that's why TrustZone is so important. The computer is the cell phone. The computer is the Network. Plug your cell phone with 160 megabytes into a station with a secure keyboard and a screen as you move around.

Like you I imagine, I carry all my important files around on that dingy thing that Peter used 5=6 years ago and everybody can now buy for the cost of dinner at McDonalds with the kids.

Ipod was a brilliant move, but Apple did it before. They once owned the education market as you know. We'll talk about it next Wednesday. Maybe SJ learned enough to pull it off the second time around, but it would have been easier in 1985.

In any case, folks here would, I believe, like to know YOUR view on how Ipod and Apple fits into the TCG Paradigm or if you think it does not. Will the multiple operating systems be the key to Apple's market share joining the TCG and promoting end to end security or will they be doing their usual proprietary thing??? Inquiring minds want to know!!!

[Jaybeaux]

2b....I ain't lighting torches in your direction,

but if you consider the size of the PC market versus that of Apple/Mac.....and if you were a spammer or a virus writer (hypothetically of course), wouldn't you go for the biggest bang for your efforts?

Hope you have a Merry Christmas.

Next time you're in the neighborhood, be sure to drop me a line.

Jaybeaux

[svenm]

2B, Re: Apple. A young, German PhD-candidate friend of my family is visiting for the holidays. On arrival she promptly went out and bought a new IBook laptop with her precious $'s and spent the next day demonstrating all its virtues to our PC-centric household. Having seen how well thought-out that machine is, and then heard from my daughter that her live-in boyfriend software genius is planning a similar purchase I've begun to think that Apple is poised to leverage IPod to retake some of the computer market as well.

How difficult would it be for Wave to write their software to accomodate the Apple O/S? And as Weby asked, would Apple be interested in their security solution? I would think that inquiring Wavoids would like to know! As you write, competition is a good thing and if the ETS were to be adopted by Apple/(Pixar) it would force the PC OEM's to enter the ball game or give up a lot of ground, IMHO.
Svenm

[barge]

WAVE admirer Rob ENDERLE says JANUS = iPod Killer
JANUS unfortunately is still not out, but when it is finally unleashed to the consumer, I believe it will sink and bury iPod.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/34914.html

"Distribution of the Future
Distribution models are clearly broken, but I've been looking at what has been called the real iPod killer: the Janus technology from Microsoft. This new technology, initially targeted at music, allows you, for a monthly fee, to access the full library of content and the ability to download that content onto any compliant device for unlimited use as long as the subscription is valid.

With a hard-drive based player, you would no longer need to buy films or CDs -- or even pay by the song -- which should have some interesting long-term implications for a lot of things.
While currently downloading a film on DSL or cable broadband takes about half the film's running time, this time delay will drop with increased bandwidth. And if you have access to the entire library, you could download several films at night to watch at your leisure.

While the "when" part of Janus still remains a question today, it won't be a question by the end of the decade. Services like Janus will probably mean the end of companies like Blockbuster and Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) unless they can adapt to the new technology. "