Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: What the heck IS "Interactive TV"? (long) Message-ID: Date: 16 Apr 91 18:33:29 GMT References: <1991Apr11.143222.13728@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <511c11w164w@ozonebbs.UUCP> <1991Apr15.140416.15388@ncsu.edu> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: usa Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 25 In-reply-to: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu's message of 15 Apr 91 14:04:16 GMT >>>>> On 15 Apr 91 14:04:16 GMT, kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) >>>>> said: Kevin> vsolanoy@ozonebbs.UUCP (Victor Solanoy) writes: Victor> I'll have to dispute that.... the real market in this interactive TV Victor> thing is in education. Kevin> Bingo! Meaning I agree, at least as a market where CDTV could win big; Kevin> and more importantly from my viewpoint, actually be an okay I-TV system. Wouldn't CDTV be even more attractive to the education market if it could learn from its environment and adjust itself to the quirks of its user over time? (As a for instance, as a history quiz system that keeps track of how the particular user does over time.) This, though, requires some amount of floppy/hard disk space for memory. I know CDTV allows such things to be hooked in, but are software developers going to make use of them to provide a more personalized environment for the customer? -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"